Around the release of "Codes And Keys" last May, Death Cab For Cutie told Billboard that they were hoping to bring an orchestra on tour at some point, in order to more fully recreate their strings-tinged 2011 album. It seems the idea has finally come to fruition: The Washington state rockers announced today that they will take Magik*Magik Orchestra out on a month-long North American tour this spring.
The small San Francisco-based orchestra contributed all of the string arrangements on "Codes And Keys" and accompanied Death Cab on the band's 2011 VH1 "
Storytellers" special. Indie rockers Youth Lagoon will also be on the road with DCFC and Magik*Magik, opening the tour from April 27 onward; an opener for the first half of the tour to be announced soon.
"It would be really fun to take Magik*Magik Orchestra out, but unfortunately, it is kind of a nightmare to try and figure it out," Death Cab guitarist and producer Chris Walla told Billboard.com last year. "It's sort of turned into the Polyphonic Spree dilemma. You can make a living or you can play with an orchestra. They're totally mutually exclusive - you almost can't do one and the other. But, I do think that we'll be able to do some shows with Magik*Magik somewhere at some point, even if it's not a full tour."
And yet, they found a way to make it work, nearly a year after the release of "Codes And Keys", which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
Full tour dates for Death Cab For Cutie with Magik*Magik Orchestra:
04/10 - Denver, Colo. - Ellie Caulkins Opera House
04/11 - Omaha, Neb. - Music Hall
04/13 - Louisville, Ky. - Louisville Palace
04/14 - Grand Rapids, Mich. - Calvin College
04/15 - Milwaukee, Wis. - Riverside Theatre
04/16 - Chicago, Ill. - Chicago Theatre
04/19 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
04/20 - Montreal, Quebec - Eglise St-Jean Baptiste
04/21 - Boston, Mass. - Wang Theatre
04/22 - Hartford, Conn. - The Bushnell
04/24 - New Brunswick, N.J. - State Theatre
04/25 - Philadelphia, Pa. - Tower Theatre
04/27 - New York, N.Y. - Beacon Theatre
04/30 - Washington, DC - Strathmore
04/01 - Knoxville, Tenn. - Tennessee Theatre
04/03 - Austin, Texas - ACL Live
04/04 - Dallas, Texas - McFarlin Auditorium
04/06 - Mesa, Ariz. - Mesa Arts Center
04/07 - Los Angeles, Calif. - Disney Hall
04/09 - Oakland, Calif. - Fox Theater; seated show
04/13 - Seattle, Wash. - Paramount Theatre)
Thanks for the report to Billboard.com.
