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03.18.08

Broadcast of Chris Walla on NPR's World Cafe on Friday March 21st

Chris Walla will be appearing on NPR's World Cafe this Friday, March 21st. He will be playing songs from his solo album Field Manual.

National Public Radio’s World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Find your local station affiliate by choosing your state under "Find a Program Broadcast Time" at the following link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/?prgId=39

…or worldwide you can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to:

http://www.xpn.org/listen_live/listen.php

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03.18.08

I Will Possess Your Heart, New Tour Dates

The first single "I Will Possess Your Heart" from the new album Narrow Stairs is now available at iTunes and the Atlantic Records store.

You can listen this track here:

I Will Possess Your Heart (Real Audio)

I Will Possess Your Heart (Windows Media)

Narrow Stairs will be available online and in stores on May 13th. The album will be available for pre-order on March 19th on Itunes. Pre-order available now

Death Cab have also confirmed some new tour dates:

FRI 5/9 Providence, RI @ Providence Piers (Tickets on sale at 12pm on March 20th)
SAT 5/10 Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavillion (Tickets on sale at 10am on March 22nd)
SAT 5/24 Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater w/ The Decemberists (Tickets on sale now)
WED 5/28 Morrison, OR @ Red Rocks Amphitheater w/ Rogue Wave (Tickets on sale on March 21st, Special fanclub pre-sale at 3pm on March 19th)
SUN 7/27 Pemberton, BC @ Pemberton, BC w/ Jay-Z and Coldplay (Tickets on sale on March 28th)

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03.05.08

MTV News article praises Narrow Stairs

MTV News has a new article up about Narrow Stairs with some new tidbits about the album. The article states that the new album is "unquestionably the best thing they've ever done...and an early contender for the best album of 2008."

Check it out here!

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03.03.08

Win A Guitar From Chris Walla!

Chris Walla and peta2 are offering you a chance to win a peta2-branded Epiphone Les Paul Jr. guitar, a package of vegan foods from Field Roast, and a copy of Chris' new album, Field Manual.

Head over to peta2's website to enter the contest and read an interview with Chris.

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02.20.08

Narrow Stairs Release Date/Song Titles

Death Cab for Cutie has unveiled initial details of their new album. “NARROW STAIRS” will arrive in stores and at all online retailers on May 13th. Produced by the band’s own Chris Walla, “NARROW STAIRS” will be preceded by the single, “I Will Possess Your Heart.” (See full track listing below). “I hope this album is a bit of a surprise for those out there that think they have us all figured out. We can’t wait to share these songs with the world,” states Death Cab bassist Nick Harmer.

NARROW STAIRS track listing:

1.    Bixby Canyon Bridge
2.    I Will Possess Your Heart
3.    No Sunlight
4.    Cath…
5.    Talking Bird
6.    You Can Do Better Than Me
7.    Grapevine Fires
8.    Your New Twin Sized Bed
9.    Long Division
10. Pity and Fear
11. The Ice Is Getting Thinner

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02.20.08

New Tour Dates Announced/Fanclub special ticket pre-sale tomorrow

Death Cab will herald the new album’s release with their first live shows in more than eighteen months. They’ll kick things off April 18th in their home state of WA at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton, followed by a series of festival appearances, including Coachella 2008 in Indio, California on Saturday, April 26th and the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 15th in Manchester, TN. Check http://deathcabforcutie.com/tours/ for all the dates.

Special ticket pre-sale available to DCFC Fanclub members tomorrow (2/21) for the following shows at www.dcfcunion.com:

April 18 Bremerton, WA @ Admiral Theatre
April 19 Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre
April 21 Arcata, CA @ Van Dozer Theatre/Humboldt State University
April 22 Davis, CA @ UC Davis-Freeborn Hall
April 23 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
April 24 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel

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01.29.08

Chris Walla Video and E-Card

Chris has just finished the first video from his album for the song "Sing Again" which can be found via the ecard here: www.chriswalla.barsuk.com/ecard as well as streaming tracks, photos and more...

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01.29.08

Kurt Cobain About A Son DVD and Score release date

If the beautiful film Kurt Cobain About A Son hasn't played atyour local art-house cinema since it came out last year, you're about to get another chance to hear the film's score, which was composed and recorded by Ben Gibbard and Seattle musician/producer Steve Fisk. Not only will the movie finally be available on DVD on February 19th via Shout Factory, but Barsuk Records is releasing the original film score album digitally that same day. A limited-edition double-vinyl version of the score will be out in April.* You can get more information about the soundtrack album and the original score album here.

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