So successful was Death Cab For Cutie’s last visit in August 2008, the band is making a hasty return this February. In recent weeks the music press has been fawning over the news that frontman Ben Gibbard is marrying actress Zooey Deschanel, but there’s been plenty more happening in the world of Death Cab.

Most notably, the American seranaders accompanied Neil Young and Wilco on a dream circuit of America late last year. It was also the tour that saw Gibbard have a close encounter with a scorpion, but that’s another story. If you swooned at their last outing down under, expect the same again in 2009.

Death Cab For Cutie pulls in to the following venues in February. Tickets on sale Friday 9 January.

Thursday 19 – Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle [18+]
Sunday 22 – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide [Licensed And All Ages]
Monday 23 – Forum Theatre, Melbourne [18+]
Tuesday 24 – Forum Theatre, Melbourne [18+]
Thursday 26 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney [Licensed/All Ages]
Saturday 28 – The Tivoli, Brisbane [18+]