This was my first experience with Death Cab. As well it should be, as it's their debut album. Being a fan of Built to Spill, someone suggested I take a listen t...
I like that they tried some different tempos and rock-ness on this album. There were certainly times on the first two when pretty became sleepy became downright...
Yet another shift for these guys seemed inevitable after the general malaise of "Plans." If they got any more comfortable we might have had to book them a room ...
This thing was sandwiched between We Have the Facts and The Photo AlbumLPs, and it kind of shows. It has a couple alternative versioned tracks fromWe Have the F...
It's hard for me to figure out exactly when Death Cab achieved old guy indie hipster status. Call it adult contemporary hip (like their brethren The Decemberist...
What would they do as a follow-up? Popular indie bands moving to major labels after whoring themselves out on every teeny-bopper TV show on earth, and almost be...
It seems the time working with the relatively minimalist Postal Service project has given Ben Gibbard the swing-for-the-fences attitude on the similarly timed D...
Ben Gibbard can write lyrics that would make even the most ardent metalhead melt. There is a nostalgia he manages to invoke that is remarkably unique. His norma...
This one formed the base for what was to become the band that topped the charts. This is the album that really solidified the Death Cab sound, from Gibbard’s un...
