New Music Video from Death Cab for Cutie Inspired By California Wildfires

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Take a break from your day and enjoy this powerful song from Death Cab for Cutie, "Grapevine Fires," and their new video to go with it. It's a song inspired by Ben Gibbard's encounter with the California wildfires of 2007. Click through to watch the music video.

Wildfires are a necessary part of life, especially in California. But as drought conditions in the state worsen, fires can be more of an ecological hazard than a boon.

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