Death Cab for Cutie have shared ‘Punching the Flowers’, inspired by a toddler tantrum
Second cut from 'I Built You a Tower' arrives with Jason Lester-directed video.
A video accompanying the track, directed by filmmaker Jason Lester, has also been shared. The song takes inspiration from the image of a toddler in the middle of a tantrum destroying flowers.
Speaking about the track, Ben Gibbard said: "'Punching the Flowers' is a song about stagnation and the feeling of being imprisoned by The Known. And about the damage done when someone ventures deeper into the unknown."
It marks the second offering from the album, following 'Riptides', which arrived in March when the record was first announced.
An extensive world tour is planned around the release, taking in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia across the summer and autumn. The dates in full read:
MAY
29 Outside Days Festival, Denver, US
JULY
10 Armory, Minneapolis, US
11 Miller High Life Theatre, Milwaukee, US
12 Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park, Indianapolis, US
14 MegaCorp Pavilion, Cincinnati, US
15 Jacobs Pavilion, Cleveland, US
17 Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, US ^
18 CMAC, Canandaigua, US ^
19 RBC Amphitheatre, Toronto, Canada ^
21 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, US ^
22 Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, US ^
24 Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, US #
25 The Momentary, Bentonville, US #
26 Harrah's Stir Cove, Council Bluffs, US #
28 Sandy Amphitheater, Sandy, US #
29 Sandy Amphitheater, Sandy, US #
31 Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, US #
AUGUST
2 The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, US #
3 The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, US #
4 Gallagher Square at Petco Park, San Diego, US #
6 The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Las Vegas, US &
7 Vina Robles Amphitheatre, Paso Robles, US &
9 Outside Lands, San Francisco, US
SEPTEMBER
6 Bumbershoot, Seattle, US
16 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland %
17 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland %
19 O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK %
20 Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, UK %
21 The Glasshouse, Gateshead, UK %
23 The Prospect Building, Bristol, UK %
25 Troxy, London, UK %
26 Troxy, London, UK %
29 TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands %
30 Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium %
OCTOBER
1 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany %
3 Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France %
NOVEMBER
8 Matsushita IMP Hall, Osaka, Japan
9 Toyosu Pit, Tokyo, Japan
12 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
13 Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Australia
15 Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, Australia
w/ Jay Som
^ w/ Japanese Breakfast
# w/ Nation of Language
& w/ Lala Lala
% w/ Pool Kids
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