Death Cab

Speakers

Dudes, I've been a big fan of Death Cab for a long time and I think that Narrow Stairs is in its own world. I can't stop listening to it. Lyrically and musically off the charts.

IWillLiveForeve

They live in the gray area of very average and crap. Somewhere in there.

IWillLiveForeve

hourglassnebula wrote:

I saw them open on the VFC tour. They remain the worst band I have ever seen.

True dat!

Niko80

Great Band.
I sitting with my guitar playing along to 'I will follow you into the dark' right now. Great little song!

whgarrett

Death Cab are just plain boring live....with that in mind, so are Modest Mouse. Love the studio work though.

musicismylife78

yeah, I dont get why Death Cab gets bashed so much on this forum. They arent emo. They are indie sounding, and would classify as such, even with being on a major.

Transatlanticism, as I said in a thread devoted to the album, is one of those albums that defines a period in ones life, as nevermind did for many of us here. An album where every song is perfect, where every note, riff, chord, beat etc... is perfect, where the lyrics are emotional, intense and important.

I am a big fan of Death Cab. Go see them live, buy all the albums, and get blown away

musicismylife78

washedinblack91 wrote:

my best friend thinks the same thing. she also thinks that the reason they became famous was because they opened for pearl jam. i'm relatively ambivalent towards death cab though.

hate to break it to you and your friend, but more people probably knew death cab at that time than PJ. If you havent noticed, the popular scene right now is indie rock. and reguardless of death cabs being on a major, they still are part of that scene. Death cab became famous just as Modest Mouse, and the Decemberists, and Bright Eyes and Arcade Fire started to catch the mainstream worlds imagination. In addition, Death Cab's frequent mention on the O.C. didnt hurt their popularity. They had 2 or 3 albums out prior to this mainstream success.

Death cab didnt get famous only by opening for pj, and its a slap in the face to them to suggest as such.

constructicon

This will sound like the bandwagon answer, but Transatlanticism is a phenomenal album. I don't have Narrow Stairs yet, but I've been fairly happy with the four albums I have purchased thus far. Plans was OK, but I don't think it is nearly as good as the other stuff.

Get_Right

hourglassnebula wrote:

I saw them open on the VFC tour. They remain the worst band I have ever seen.

I used to feel that way until I heard the "new" record and saw them headline in June

Great band, that have really found a good sound

At VFC, they were just plain noisy

OmahaJammer

washedinblack91 wrote:

my she also thinks that the reason they became famous was because they opened for pearl jam.

Oh, man....your friend couldn't be more wrong. PJ had very little, if anything to do with Death Cab's success.

Meine liebe

I saw DCFC open for PJ and liked them well enough, but never followed up on it and basically forgot about them. I do understand why some labeled them as "boring live" but at the same time I disagree. They arent emo though. dont expect to hear the singer screaming and crying about some girl ripping his heart out and not answering his emails or anything.

Anyways, a year or so after that show I starting dating a girl who was into them. So i borrowed Transatlanticism. Great record! To me it is one that everyone should own. Great songwriting, great lyrics. Plans has some great songs but is a little overproduced for me. Narrow Stairs is awesome too, definately a step in the right direction. Give them a chance at the very least, I would recommend starting with Trans....

Thats my 2 cents.

lukins fridge

moses562 wrote:

Transatlanticism, ditto.

Also, check out The Postal Service. It's the lead singers side project. I think before Death Cab was formed... don't quote me on that.

Death Cab formed way before the Postal Service side project. Nevertheless, it's great. electronic though so it's alot different.

to the OP, if you're interested in trying out Death Cab, start with Transatlanticism. It was their cross over album from low fi indie to mainstream indie. it's got a little of both.

i prefer everything before that (we have the facts and we're voting yes is my favorite album by them) to the 2 after that (plans and narrow stairs).

i saw them twice at small clubs and they were great. then i saw them in a bigger ampitheatre (the mann in philly) this past summer and was not impressed. their music just doesn't work in an environment like that.

i think they're in a weird spot though b/c their fans are getting YOUNGER. so it's tough to play 21+ clubs. there were alot of young people at the mann...like parents driving them to the concert and hanging out in the concourse - young.

Gern Blansten

I just bought tickets to see Death Cab next Monday.  I've been a very casual fan...liked what I hear on the radio but haven't bought albums.

Pretty mellow but I like it.

Gern Blansten

Great show....no Death Cab fans here?