Death Cab For Cutie

scottsy · 06-30-2009, 10:55 PM

i truly am lookihng forward to getting to know Narrow Stairs better... from the outside looking in it feels like a rich album.... possibly as good as Transatlanticism to these ears.....

Omaha · 06-30-2009, 10:58 PM

yea. gibbard is a very very good lyricist and i am in awe as to what he can do. i still need to get more into narrow stairs too though.

gotjuice · 06-30-2009, 11:12 PM

Narrow Stairs is good, but not Transatlanticism good. Just didn't have the depth and the power of Trans, but in all fairness, those are some tough shoes to fill.

Omaha · 06-30-2009, 11:28 PM

honestly, i really cant choose. narrow stairs doesnt have the acoustic guitar/piano songs like transatlanticism (excluding the ice is getting thinnner). the records just differ.

DearJenny · 07-07-2009, 06:06 PM

I love them. And I agree his voice is great, both Death Cab and Postal Service. But the actual version of "I will possess your heart" was like a million minutes long. The music was pretty low key the whole time too, dynamics in the solo in the beginning would have made it a ton better.

scottsy · 07-07-2009, 09:48 PM

I dunno I really dig the slow building instrumental part of I will possess your heart... its one of the most appealing parts of the new album, in my humble little opinion... I don't think the song meanders or gets lost at all.

DearJenny · 07-08-2009, 01:22 AM

It was a very very slow crescendo into the song, I love the song, just not the never-ending intro.

Baabaa · 07-22-2009, 05:12 PM

Mm, loves me some Death Cab. :> I first heard Give Up and enjoyed it thoroughly. After some googling, I figured out that Ben Gibbard is also the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie. I bought Plans, listened to it many times, and adored it. Since then, I've downloaded most of their albums. Something About Airplanes, We Have the Facts, and The Photo Album are my personal faves. Narrow Stairs definitely isn't as good. Transatlanticism is the only one of their albums I don't have in my library. [lemme fix that right now...]
Also, Death Cab isn't an "emo" band. My Chemical Romance and Tokio Hotel are.

gotjuice · 07-22-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Baabaa

Mm, loves me some Death Cab. :> I first heard Give Up and enjoyed it thoroughly. After some googling, I figured out that Ben Gibbard is also the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie. I bought Plans, listened to it many times, and adored it. Since then, I've downloaded most of their albums. Something About Airplanes, We Have the Facts, and The Photo Album are my personal faves. Narrow Stairs definitely isn't as good. Transatlanticism is the only one of their albums I don't have in my library. [lemme fix that right now...]
Also, Death Cab isn't an "emo" band. My Chemical Romance and Tokio Hotel are.

You should most definitely fix that right now

HuskyInDenial · 07-23-2009, 05:35 PM

I never thought of Death Cab as indie rock. But they are a hell of a band. Gibbard has a sense for music and hook that is hard to come by.

Also, My Chemical Romance isn't emo x3 But let's not let this glorious thread devolve into a discussion about the semantics of the emo genre.

06-30-2009, 10:55 PM	#381 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	i truly am lookihng forward to getting to know Narrow Stairs better... from the outside looking in it feels like a rich album.... possibly as good as Transatlanticism to these ears..... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

07-07-2009, 06:06 PM	#385 (permalink)
DearJenny Raptor Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metro Detroit, MI Posts: 1,321	I love them. And I agree his voice is great, both Death Cab and Postal Service. But the actual version of "I will possess your heart" was like a million minutes long. The music was pretty low key the whole time too, dynamics in the solo in the beginning would have made it a ton better. __________________ So here's to living life miserable. And here's to all the lonely stories that I've told. Maybe drinking wine will validate my sorrow. Every man needs a muse and mine could be the bottle.

07-07-2009, 09:48 PM	#386 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	I dunno I really dig the slow building instrumental part of I will possess your heart... its one of the most appealing parts of the new album, in my humble little opinion... I don't think the song meanders or gets lost at all. __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

07-08-2009, 01:22 AM	#387 (permalink)
DearJenny Raptor Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metro Detroit, MI Posts: 1,321	It was a very very slow crescendo into the song, I love the song, just not the never-ending intro. __________________ So here's to living life miserable. And here's to all the lonely stories that I've told. Maybe drinking wine will validate my sorrow. Every man needs a muse and mine could be the bottle.

07-22-2009, 05:12 PM	#388 (permalink)
Baabaa Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California Posts: 13	Mm, loves me some Death Cab. :> I first heard Give Up and enjoyed it thoroughly. After some googling, I figured out that Ben Gibbard is also the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie. I bought Plans, listened to it many times, and adored it. Since then, I've downloaded most of their albums. Something About Airplanes, We Have the Facts, and The Photo Album are my personal faves. Narrow Stairs definitely isn't as good. Transatlanticism is the only one of their albums I don't have in my library. [lemme fix that right now...] Also, Death Cab isn't an "emo" band. My Chemical Romance and Tokio Hotel are. __________________

06-30-2009, 10:58 PM	#382 (permalink)
Omaha Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 55	yea. gibbard is a very very good lyricist and i am in awe as to what he can do. i still need to get more into narrow stairs too though.

06-30-2009, 11:12 PM	#383 (permalink)
gotjuice Rose City til I die! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 366	Narrow Stairs is good, but not Transatlanticism good. Just didn't have the depth and the power of Trans, but in all fairness, those are some tough shoes to fill.

06-30-2009, 11:28 PM	#384 (permalink)
Omaha Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 55	honestly, i really cant choose. narrow stairs doesnt have the acoustic guitar/piano songs like transatlanticism (excluding the ice is getting thinnner). the records just differ.

07-23-2009, 05:35 PM	#390 (permalink)
HuskyInDenial Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Memphis Posts: 10	I never thought of Death Cab as indie rock. But they are a hell of a band. Gibbard has a sense for music and hook that is hard to come by. Also, My Chemical Romance isn't emo x3 But let's not let this glorious thread devolve into a discussion about the semantics of the emo genre. __________________ [and the little ones chewed on the bones]