After their last studio album, released in 2018, Death Cab for Cutie make their hard-hitting return to LPs with their 10th album, Asphalt Meadows, produced by GRAMMY Award-winning John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Wallows).
The record arrives as the indie rockers enter their 25th year as a band and leads with the single "Roman Candles." Death Cab for Cutie's co-founder, lead vocalist and guitarist Bejamin Gibbard shared about the song, “The lyrics were cobbled from a couple of different songs dealing with my general sense of anxiety; the feeling that the fabric that weaves a functioning society together was crumbling during the pandemic.”
As the band formed in Washington state in 1997, the group rapidly soared into classic indie rock canon with albums like Transatlantacism, Narrow Stairs, The Open Door and more. Now, the band enters a new era with Asphalt Meadows.
Limited to 1,000 copies, the VMP exclusive edition of Death Cab for Cutie's Asphalt Meadows is pressed on 1LP 180g Opaque Pink and Grey Splatter vinyl. The record is mastered by Bob Ludwig of Gateway Mastering Studios. It will arrive in a gatefold direct-to-board, foil stamped and numbered jacket along with a printed inner sleeve. The record also comes with a download code for the album.