Watch Death Cab for Cutie Perform “Gold Rush” on Ellen

Twenty years into their careers, Grammy-nominated indie-rock band Death Cab for Cutie made their debut on The Ellen Degeneres Show on Thursday.

The band performed the lead single, “Gold Rush,” from their ninth studio album Thank You For Today. The album, out last month and reviewed by Paste here, showed that the band could take their signature melancholic sound and keep it fresh, maturing to survive in a post-MySpace reality.

“Gold Rush,” built on a Yoko Ono sample from the ‘70s, is upbeat in its desire to preserve a changing landscape and kept the crowd at Ellen in a solid sway. Also apparently enjoying the performance was the show’s host, who declared that she “love[s] them so much” before sending the audience home with copies of Thank You For Today.

The performance precedes the band’s North American tour, set to begin this weekend. You can check out the band on Ellen below and revisit Paste’s chat with frontman Ben Gibbard from earlier this year here. You can find a 2008 Death Cab session from the Paste archives and the band’s tour dates further down below.

Death Cab For Cutie Tour Dates:

September
21 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival
24 – Eugene, Ore. @ Hult Center for the Performing Arts
25 – Portland, Ore. @ Keller Auditorium  
27 – Berkeley, Calif. @ Greek Theatre Berkeley
28 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery  
29 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Van Buren  

October
01 – Dallas, Texas @ Bomb Factory
02 – Kansas City, Mo. @ Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
03 – Madison, Wis. @ The Sylvee  
05 – St. Paul, Minn. @ Palace Theatre  
06 – St. Paul, Minn. @ Palace Theatre
07 – Chicago, Ill. @ Auditorium Theatre  
09 – Upper Darby, Pa. @ Tower Theatre  
10 – Upper Darby, Pa. @ Tower Theatre
12 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Kings Theatre  
13 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Kings Theatre  
14 – Boston, Mass. @ Boch Wang Theatre  
15 – Boston, Mass. @ Boch Wang Theatre
17 – Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
18 – Charlottesville, Va. @ Sprint Pavilion
19 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Coca Cola Roxy Theater
20 – St. Augustine, Fla. @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
22 – Miami, Fla. @ The Fillmore Miami Beach
23 – Orlando, Fla. @ Hard Rock Live

November
10 – Santiago, Chile @ Fauna Primavera
11 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Personal Fest 2018
15 – São Paulo, Brazil @ Popload Festival
18 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Corona Capital 2018

December
02 – Chicago, Ill. @ Aragon Ballroom
03 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Murat Theatre