Death Cab for Cutie New Video Grapevine Fires

“Grapevine Fires” was initially inspired by Death Cab for Cutie‘s Ben Gibbard’s up-close-and-personal encounter with 2007′s California wildfires. The song – which was recently included on “CHANGE IS NOW: RESTORING AMERICA’S PROMISE,” the official commemorative CD-DVD set celebrating President Barack Obama’s historic inauguration – motivated Director Walter Robot to create an animated short film which brilliantly relays the sense of devastating tragedy and forced optimism caused by the fire’s wrath.

“I have been an admirer of the beautiful art of Walter Robot from afar for a while,” says Death Cab bassist Nick Harmer. “Working with them on this video is an amazing dream come true and I am in awe of the stunning video they have made for us.”

“We’re huge Death Cab fans,” says Walter Robot. “We had also heard from other directors how great all the Death Cab guys are and how really open they are to the creative process, which they were. They were extremely supportive and sincere.”

Enough with the praise! Check out the video below…

On Tour 2009

• 4/7-29 w/Cold War Kids and Ra Ra Riot 
• except * Cold War Kids only and **Ra Ra Riot only
• 5/7 Special Guests TBA

APRIL

• 7 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre
• 8 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
• 9 Davidson, NC John Belk Arena/Davidson College
• 10 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
• 11 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre
• 12 Tulsa, OK The Brady Theater
• 13 Omaha, NE Holland Theatre *
• 15 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkings Auditorium
• 17 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
• 18 East Lansing, MI Breslin Events Center/Michigan State University
• 19 Waukesha, WI Van Male Fieldhouse/Carroll College
• 22 Bellingham, WA The Mount Baker Theater **
• 24 Spokane, WA McCarthey Athletic Center/Gonzaga University
• 25 Boise, ID The Morrison Center
• 27 Sacramento, CA Memorial Auditorium
• 29 San Diego, CA RIMAC Arena/UC San Diego *

MAY

• 1 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
• 2 New Orleans, LA Contemporary Arts Center ***
• 4 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
• 5 Birmingham, AL BJCC Concert Hall
• 6 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
• 7 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live

What do you think of the video?