Just Announced Death Cab For Cutie announces small-room tour

Clean those glasses and tighten up those beards, bros. Death Cab For Cutie has announced some new tour dates, including a stop at First Avenue May 21. The dates—dubbed the Underplay Tour—are, in fact, total underplays for the band, meaning they’re much smaller rooms than fans have come to expect from Ben Gibbard and company. It’s a smart move for the indie-ish darlings, especially considering their new record, Codes And Keys, is due out May 31.

The tour kicks off May 18 in Toronto and criss-crosses the country, ending June 9 in San Francisco. The Lonely Forest will open most of the dates, save a few gigs with Bright Eyes. Unfortunately for the rest of the country, the band’s planning on touring only sporadically this year. As Gibbard told Spin, “I would love to find myself making a record a year from now rather than moving into our seventh straight month of touring.” Can’t blame the guy, really. Maybe he wants more time at home with the little lady.

Tickets for the Underplay Tour are $35 and will go on sale to the general public this Saturday.

May 18 — Toronto, ON — Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 20 — Chicago, IL — Metro
May 21 — Minneapolis, MN — First Avenue
May 24 — Edmonton, AB — Shaw Conference Center *
May 25 — Calgary, AB — Stampede Corral *
May 27 — Bend, OR — Les Schwab Amphitheatre *
May 28 — George, WA — Sasquatch
June 1 — New York, NY — Bowery
June 3 — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club
June 4 — Philadelphia, PA — Trocadero
June 5 — Boston, MA — The Paradise
June 7 — Los Angeles, CA — El Rey Theatre
June 9 — San Francisco, CA — Fillmore

* with Bright Eyes
all other dates (except Sasquatch) with The Lonely Forest