just saw Death Cab live...

musicismylife78

and they were great. Had high expectations, and wasnt let down. highest quotient of teen girls at a concert I have been to. They get alot of crap here on the board but Death Cab are a solid band. They arent trying to be on anyones best live act list, and they arent trying to create the next Funeral or Nevermind. Opening was The Cave Singers, very MMJ esque, sound just like the name suggests.

Death Cab have remained my favorite or at least in myop 3 bands, and provided the soundtrack to my life for the last year and a half. I see no reason after seeing them to change that. Many people disliked plans, but in my opinion, it and trans are two of my favorite albums of all time.

The new album, or at least the songs they played from it, sound great. The theme I can pick up, seems to be about growing up, finding onesself and becoming restless. of course I think thats so unrelateable! Sarcasm intended folks!

They arent the greatest live band ever,and they arent the greatest studio band ever either, but they are one of my favorite bands and they speak to me and their entire genre speaks to me in ways that Nirvana and Pearl jam did in the early 1990's.

Go check out Death Cab live!

bedface cooper.

...nice review, thanks for the heads up. they're actually playing in Berlin when I'm there for Radiohead in July, and we've been considering going there.
I haven't listened to more than what's on their myspace though, any recommendations for starters?

meme

Can't wait for their show in June

Suggestions for bedface... I love, love, love Plans and Transatlanticism.

They have this great gift for songwriting, as the OP mentioned... pick up the small details of life and paint beautiful pictures about it. I have their words to think of memories, a love lost, a good friend...

nfanel

i love death cab. saw them two years ago and it was one of my favorite concerts of all time. really looking forward to the new album.

Blind3

Their set at Bonnaroo is definitely on my list of must sees. My first introduction to DCFC was their opening for PJ on VFC. Was fortunate enough to catch them 5 times that year and three times since. Excellent band , whether the listener is a teenager or a forty-something like me. Excellent music is excellent music.

jimed14

meme wrote:

Suggestions for bedface... I love, love, love Plans and Transatlanticism.

So weird, I feel these two albums represent the polar oppisite of this band.

Transatlanticism is one of the best albums in the 2000s thus far, for me at least. They have such a great sound on this album, people call it EMO, I seriously don't give a shit, this album *is* very emotional, it's a thing of beauty. It really does pull at you when you listen. Gibbard and Walla will have a tough time ever topping this masterpiece.

I cannot stand Plans. It doesn't help that this was Transatlanticism's follow up, and it's their first on a major label after leaving Barsuk. The tone seems very bland and over all, it just feels like it was overproduced for the mass market. So disappointing.

I'm a huge fan of "We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes" ... the two song Company Calls (and it's epilogue) "story" being the highlight ... intersting complimentary songs back to back. 405 is a beautiful song, if you can find the acoustic version, it's amazing. They also wrote a not too flattering song about where I was born (Lowell, MA)

The Photo Album is a good pick up as well ... We Laugh Indoors is a great rocker.

1STmammal2wearPants

Looking forward to seeing them at Bonnaroo this year. 'I Will Possess Your Heart' is fuckin awesome.

meme

jimed14 wrote:

So weird, I feel these two albums represent the polar oppisite of this band.

Transatlanticism is one of the best albums in the 2000s thus far, for me at least. They have such a great sound on this album, people call it EMO, I seriously don't give a shit, this album *is* very emotional, it's a thing of beauty. It really does pull at you when you listen. Gibbard and Walla will have a tough time ever topping this masterpiece.

I cannot stand Plans. It doesn't help that this was Transatlanticism's follow up, and it's their first on a major label after leaving Barsuk. The tone seems very bland and over all, it just feels like it was overproduced for the mass market. So disappointing.

I'm a huge fan of "We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes" ... the two song Company Calls (and it's epilogue) "story" being the highlight ... intersting complimentary songs back to back. 405 is a beautiful song, if you can find the acoustic version, it's amazing. They also wrote a not too flattering song about where I was born (Lowell, MA)

The Photo Album is a good pick up as well ... We Laugh Indoors is a great rocker.

Interesting. Honestly, the identities of the two albums blur a little. I would not have been able to tell you which song was were before checking it out. I'll agree after checking, that Transatlanticism was lyrically better and they could be perceived as having gone "poppish" with Plans. But I love both

Pauk

Saw them a few years ago. Not one of the best gigs of my life, but very solid performance and a lot more fun than I expected. Can't wait to see them in the summer!