{"id":2446954,"date":"2019-07-30T08:54:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=865125"},"modified":"2019-07-30T08:54:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T14:54:41","slug":"hear-death-cab-for-cutie-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-pipeline-explosion-on-new-song-kids-in-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/hear-death-cab-for-cutie-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-pipeline-explosion-on-new-song-kids-in-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Death Cab for Cutie Pay Tribute to Victims of Pipeline Explosion on New Song \u2018Kids in \u201999\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Death Cab for Cutie<\/a> pay tribute to three children who died 20 years ago in a freak explosion on \u201cKids in \u201999,\u201d a sweet and somber song off their upcoming release, The Blue EP<\/em>, out September 6th.<\/p>\n

On June 10th, 1999, a gas pipeline operated by the Olympic Pipeline Company exploded in Bellingham, Washington\u2019s Whatcom Falls Park, injuring eight people and killing three children, aged 10 to 18, who were fishing and playing in the area. Frontman Ben Gibbard<\/a> describes the scene over a rolling drumbeat and textural guitar, gingerly singing, \u201cGone, gone\u201d in the chorus as he laments their deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Olympic Pipeline explosion in 1999 was a tragedy that really affected me while we were living in Bellingham,\u201d Gibbard said in a statement. \u201cAfter all these years I felt it was worthy of its own folk song.\u201d<\/p>\n

The band cut \u201cKids in \u201999\u201d and another Blue EP <\/em>track \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d with producer Peter Katis (The National, Kurt Vile). They self-produced \u201cMan in Blue,\u201d and recorded the rest of the songs on the EP with producer Rich Costey during the sessions for their most recent album, Thank You for Today<\/a><\/em>. Death Cab will play some dates in support of the album around North America this August and October. Details are available on the group\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In related news, Gibbard recently made a guest appearance on Chance the Rapper\u2019s new album, The Big Day<\/em><\/a>. He sang and received a co-writing credit on \u201cDo You Remember.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Blue EP<\/em> track list:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cTo the Ground\u201d
2. \u201cKids in \u201999\u201d
3. \u201cMan in Blue\u201d
4. \u201cBefore the Bombs\u201d
5. \u201cBlue Bloods\u201d<\/p>\n

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