Death Cab for Cutie to celebrate 15th anniversary with Plans visual album stream

US alternative rock band Death Cab for Cutie are celebrating the 15th anniversary of their major label debut album, Plans, by streaming the work's 2006 short film Directions on their YouTube page.

The film features visuals for every song on the record, each by a different director.

“Fifteen years ago we made our major-label debut with our fifth studio album Plans. We told ourselves that it was just another album, that now being on Atlantic Records was no big deal, but it was and we knew it,” bassist Nick Harmer wrote in a statement on the band’s Twitter.

“I think that’s why we chose the barn studio at Long View Farms in Massachusetts, during winter, to isolate ourselves from the pressure and our fears and just be able to focus on music. We weren’t expecting getting snowed in and that gave the experience a heaping tablespoon of The Shining, but in the end, we were able to shut out the world.”

The band will stream Directions on Saturday, September 5th at 5pm ET via their YouTube channel.

Along with the visual album, Death Cab for Cutie lead singer Ben Gibbard has been airing a weekly livestream series, performing songs from the band’s catalogue as well as Postal Service tunes and covers.

Gibbard has urged fans to donate to a different charity on each livestream, including Seattle’s Aurora Commons as well as the United States Postal Service - now a focal point of the US Presidential election.

15 years ago we made our major label debut w/ our fifth studio album Plans.

To celebrate, we’ll be airing Directions, the video album for Plans w/ short films for every song on the record, each done by a different director. Tune in Saturday 9/5 @ 2pm PT: https://t.co/1HTKLmXGdL pic.twitter.com/AgQNk7nY6o

— Death Cab for Cutie (@dcfc) August 31, 2020