[artist id="710356"]Death Cab For Cutie[/artist] are gearing up for the May 31 release of their Codes and Keys album with a brand-new video that may not actually be a video at all.
On April 5, they'll unveil the clip for Codes' first single, "You Are a Tourist," which — according to a press release from their label, Atlantic Records — will be the "first-ever scripted, single-take video ... to be aired live as it is filmed."
The whole thing will be broadcast to the entire world on April 5 at 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT through
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The "Tourist" clip will be directed by Tim Nackashi — who's worked with the likes of OK Go and Radiohead — and conceptualized by frequent collaborator Aaron Stewart-Ahn, who did DCFC's "I Will Possess Your Heart" vid. Microsoft's Bing search engine will be providing exclusive behind-the-scenes content through its Facebook page and fans can add the "Tourist" event to their calendars using the mobile barcode scanning app RedLaser and a QR Code (that's that funny-looking box thing) that is being posted on Death Cab's official site and Twitter feed.
Death Cab for Cutie's Codes and Keys is now available for pre-order (in a variety of special bundles) over on the
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