Death Cab For Cutie Debuting First Single Off New Moon Soundtrack At VMAs!

Just one more reason to tune into the VMAs this month: Indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie will be performing the first song off the New Moon soundtrack, titled "Meet Me At The Equinox"!

Stephenie Meyer posted a statement from the band on her website:

"We are very excited to be a part of this amazing series of novels set in our own backyard. It just seemed a perfect synergy that a band from the Northwest would create a song for a series of novels set in the Northwest. We wrote 'Meet Me On the Equinox' to reflect the celestial themes and motifs that run throughout the Twilight series and we wanted to capture that desperate feeling of endings and beginnings that so strongly affect the main characters. This song marks the first attempt that Death Cab for Cutie has ever made at contributing new, unreleased material for a film and we are proud to be a part of the Twilight legacy." — Nick Harmer / Death Cab for Cutie

Additionally, Hitfix.com says Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Bon Iver are writing songs specifically for the film.

Now if only they can get RPattz to contribute another song, this may be the best album of 2009!

New Moon album cover courtesy Atlantic Records