Death Cab for Cutie Album Gets a Name + a Member with His Own Album Out Yesterday

Plenty of Death Cab news today actually. It has been announced that the band's seventh (!!!) full-length album will be titled Narrow Stairs. It's pretty weird/amazing to think that this band has been putting out records for 10 years now.

Narrow Stairs should drop in May of this year and is the follow-up to their 2005 album, Plans. I wasn't in love with Plans by any means (although I know some people were), but it was still good. I'm hoping the bands hits Transatlanticism-like gold with their next one though. Gold as in good, not record sales.

My second piece of news for you as to do with a much closer release. Today actually. Guitarist and producer for Death Cab for Cutie, Chris Walla, drops his album Field Manual today. Actually, make that yesterday, the 29th.

NME reported that two tracks that didn't make it onto Plans made it onto this one. Three tracks off the record can be found on his MySpace, while one of those songs, "Sing Again," can be downloaded for free! This is thanks to Walla's label Barsuk. Buying Field Manual before February 4th will get you three bonus tracks. So all the more reason to buy now.