Death Cab for Cutie [ tickets ] continues to add dates to its current tour ahead of the band's forthcoming new album, "Narrow Stairs."

The Pacific Northwest quartet--which just finished up a featured performance at last weekend's Coachella Music Festival in Indio, CA--has added a handful of Southern California shows to the schedule, including dates in San Diego (6/20), Los Angeles (6/23) and Santa Barbara (6/24). The next leg of the outing kicks off May 9 in Providence, RI. The complete schedule is below.

"Narrow Stairs," the group's first studio effort since 2005's Grammy-nominated "Plans," will hit stores May 13. The album--the band's second major-label release--was produced by Death Cab's guitarist, Chris Walla; a streaming version of the just-released lead single, "I Will Possess Your Heart," can be found at the band's MySpace page.

"I hope this album is a bit of a surprise for those out there that think they have us all figured out," bassist Nick Harmer said in a press statement. "We can't wait to share these songs with the world."

"For 'Narrow Stairs,' the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs--songs we could sit in a room and just play," frontman Ben Gibbard said of the album's more straightforward approach in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. "I can honestly say I had more fun and felt more inspired on this record than anything that we had done in a long time."