The Seattle band Death Cab for Cutie is busily preparing their new album, Plans. For some strange reason, the record label has exiled them to a barn in the middle of nowhere Massachusetts to record the new album. Plans is said to have a healthy helping of depressing love songs that the Death Cab following will no doubt find comforting. Ben Gibbard wrote the album over the past two years in between touring dates and producer/guitarist, Walla, says it's his best work to date. Plans will mark Death Cab's major label debut on Atlantic, which is due out in August.

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