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Death Cab For Cutie plan new album

"The next record will be a little softer. I'm interested in writing a very different type of record next time. I feel like there's a lot of beauty in the darkness of Narrow Stairs, but that's not really a place I'm ready to go to for a while. I'm interested in taking a different approach and having the next record be different in tone -- I'm just not interested in making another dark, dark album. Just not two in a row. I felt pretty exhausted when we got done with Stairs."

Death Cab For Cutie recently dicsussed the bands newer material...


"The next record will be a little softer. I'm interested in writing a very different type of record next time. I feel like there's a lot of beauty in the darkness of Narrow Stairs, but that's not really a place I'm ready to go to for a while. I'm interested in taking a different approach and having the next record be different in tone -- I'm just not interested in making another dark, dark album. Just not two in a row. I felt pretty exhausted when we got done with Stairs."


Death Cab For Cutie last released 'Narrow Stairs' this year.