birdorcages
Death Cab for Cutie (2008)
“This is a no-skip record. The real, human stories it tells coupled with Chris Walla’s iconic production make this my favorite Death Cab record, and arguably their BEST record (sorry Transatlanticism, but I think this one is their opus). It takes fresh steps into an “indie” genre that weren’t ever seen before, taking influence from “slow metal and synth-punk” ( - Ben Gibbard) to create a true masterpiece that continues to withstand the test of time. I come back to this album very often. I always say the best music comes from a true “raw emotion” mindset (it’s what makes many of Fleetwood Mac’s songs so iconic) and that idea is put on full display here. Coming out when I was just entering high school, this album has followed me through many phases of my life - and has been so relatable in many different ways.”
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rollingstone
Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard is the poet of a particular purgatory — the holding cell in your head that's filled with failed relationships and wrong roads taken. Death Cab's most memorable songs contain snapshots from its walls: Gibbard has sung about an incriminating kiss in a photobooth, discovering forgotten pictures of an […]
pitchfork
Death Cab's second album for Atlantic and sixth proper LP overall is one of the darkest and most muscular in the band's discography, as they move from the undergraduate longing of their earlier work and the looming mortality of Plans to a more generalized existential angst.
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