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On November 25, Barsuk Records will do something it hasn't done in awhile: release some music from Death Cab for Cutie. The Seattle imprint will bring the band's latest album Narrow Stairs to vinyl for the first time with a bonus 7", and reissue Death Cab's debut Something About Airplanes as a celebration of its 10 year anniversary. Boy, it's hard to believe it's only been a decade since we were marveling at the thought of flight, but there it is.

For the reissue, 1998's Something About Airplanes will be packaged with a bonus disc that captures the band's very first Seattle show, a February '98 gig at the Crocodile Café that saw them opening for Harvey Danger. The band blasts through seven tunes during the set, including a cover of the Smiths' "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" that features vocals by Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger. Nelson also pens the set's new liner notes, and the artwork's been updated for the anniversary edition.

As for the Narrow Stairs vinyl, the first pressing of the disc will be accompanied by a 7" sporting demos of album cuts "No Sunlight" and "The Ice is Getting Thinner".

Death Cab will kick off their sizeable fall tour on Friday night in Boston. It includes shows with Neil Young and St. Vincent, as well as a performance at a to-be-determined college on a to-be-determined date as part of that Ultimate College Bowl voter registration drive.

Something About Airplanes bonus disc:

01 Your Bruise
02 President of What?
03 Fake Frowns
04 Sweet and Tender Hooligan (ft. Sean Nelson)
05 State Street Residential
06 Amputations
07 Pictures in an Exhibition

Death Cab:

10-03 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena $
10-04 Wallingford, CT - Chevrolet Theater $
10-05 Atlantic City, NJ - Showboat Casino Hotel $
10-06 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall $
10-08 Columbus, OH - LC Outdoor Amphitheater %
10-11 Green Bay, WI - OKOBOS Festival
10-12 Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall  ~
10-13 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre !
10-14 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center #
10-16 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre #
10-18 Regina, Saskatchewan - Brandt Centre #
10-19 Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome #
10-21 Everett, WA - Comcast Arena at Everett #
10-22 Vancouver, British Columbia - GM Place #
10-25-26 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bridge School Benefit)
10-27 San Luis Obispo, CA - Cal Poly Receation Center
10-29 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena #
10-30 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum #
11-01 Reno, NV - Reno Events Center #
11-04 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center #
11-05 Omaha, NE - Qwest Center #
11-12 Belfast, Northern Ireland - St. George's Market *
11-13 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador Theatre *
11-14 Edinburgh, Scotland - Corn Exchange *
11-15 Nottingham, England - Rock City *
11-16 Bristol, England - Colston Hall *
11-17 Sheffield, England - Carling Academy *
11-19 London, England - Alexandria Palace *
11-20 The Hague, Netherlands - Crossing Border Festival
11-21 Munich, Germany - Muffathalle *
11-22 Brussels, Belgium - Les Halles *
11-23 Paris, France - Bataclan *
11-24 Bielefeld, Germany - Ringlokschupen *
11-25 Berlin, Germany - Admiralpalast *

$ with St. Vincent
% with Tegan and Sara, City and Colour
~ with So Many Dynamos
! with Fleet Foxes
# with Neil Young, Everest
* with Frightened Rabbit