I Built You A Tower

by Death Cab for Cutie

I Built You A Tower cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 June 2026
  • Label: Anti-
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:38
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 34 ratings

Artists on this release: Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, John Vanderslice, Dave Depper, Chris Walla, Rich Costey, Zac Rae, Ben Gibbard, Nathan Good, Nicholas Harmer, Michael Schorr

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Forged in Los Angeles during a period of intense personal upheaval for frontman Ben Gibbard, the band's eleventh studio album explores the architecture of emotional compartmentalization. The record translates deep personal grief into complex, meticulous indie rock arrangements, marking a poignant and mature chapter in their long-running discography.

Genres

Descriptors: male vocalist, death, nature, grief, rhythmic, melodic, mental health

Tracklist

  1. Full of Stars (3:22)
  2. Punching the Flowers (3:11)
  3. Pep Talk (3:14)
  4. I Built You A Tower (a) (3:23)
  5. Envy the Birds (4:20)
  6. Stone Over Water (3:14)
  7. How Heavenly A State (3:29)
  8. Trap Door (3:52)
  9. Riptides (3:17)
  10. The Flavor of Metal (3:45)
  11. I Built You A Tower (b) (3:27)

Credits

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