Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
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Free Music Review: This Band Is Underrated
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the first Death Cab For Cutie album I have ever bought, and I must say its everything I wanted it to be and then some. For those of you who are just browsing this review and don't know much about the band, I urge you to check them out. This album is relaxing and poetic, brilliant and easy to the ear. I would have to say the standouts are:
The New Year-Opens the Album Perfectly, I could swear I had heard this song somewhere before I bought the album.
Title and Registration- Great Lyrics and I must say a great title to the song, will have you thinking.
Expo '86-One of the smoothest songs on the album, it has a great beat.
The Sound Of Settling- It's the only song I knew before I bought the album, it's short but very catchy, I love it.
Tiny Vessels-Lyrics I think a lot of people can relate to, just put together nicely.
Tranatlantism-This is in my opinion the best song on the album, a huge buildup with some great lyrics. I think its simply incredible.
A Lack of Color-Great acoustic to end the album, this song is beautiful.
As you can see I think that there are many standouts, I love the whole album even if every song doesn't stand out to me. If you enjoy bands like The Shins or Modest Mouse, I think you will dig Death Cab For Cutie.
For an album that is perfect for all types of places, moods, and people, I award with five stars.
Free Music Review: Riding the Death Cab
Hit: 5 Stars
"I'm waiting for another repeat; Another diet fed by crippling defeat." "Death Cab for Cutie", a band whose music is as unforgettable as its name, has truely hit the mark with this album. And while it may be somewhat of a repeat in style; its a sound far from being defeated, or drowned out.
That lyric, in the song 'Expo 86', shoots out of Ben Gibbards mouth with nothing but conviction and emotion, on Death Cabs newest and extraordinary record "Transatlanticism".
This record is wonderful, and should please fans of the band, and attract newcomers also. At times its honest, melodic, loud, soft, Sad, surreal, emotional....and sometimes all in the same song.
The songs range from confessionals: "Tiny Vessels"(confessions of a bad relationship)"Title and Registration"(A picture in a glove compartment brings back memories of regret); to character studies: "Death of an Interior Decorator"; and songs about ageing, the passing of time, and memories: "The New Year", "The Sound of Settling", "We Looked Like Giants".
This album seems to be a story about growing up, and about looking back at everything behind, and wondering about everything in front. Its a blissful masterwork by one of the best bands making music these days. Its truely a gem.
Free Music Review: Media influence can be a good thing...
Hit: 5 Stars
When I first heard of Death Cab for Cutie, I read about them in an interview about one of my favorite actors, Adam Brody. I went and picked it up just to be able to say to my friends, 'Hey, me and Adam have the same taste in music.' But I actually ended up really loving the CD! Their sound is really original in contrast to a lot of the wannabe rock-alternative-pop stuff that's out today, and the lyrics really hit home. Some of my favorite tracks are "The New Year" which was really my anthem for 2004 because of it's catchy beat and the lyrics "So this is the new year/ and I don't feel any different/ So this is the new year/ and I have no resolutions", "The Passenger Seat" which is cool because it's one of those songs that you can just play while you're driving with the top down with your best friend, and "Transatlanticism" which is just a really cool concept song. The song "Death of an Interior Designer" is oddly hilarious and ironic; it's awesome. The only complaints I would make would be for "Lightness" and "Tiny Vessels". Lightness has a weird funky beat that just turns me off within the first 10 seconds, and Tiny Vessels is just depressing to me, but that's it. I would recommend this CD to anyone who's into the sounds of Phantom Planet, The Strokes, etc. GO PICK IT UP NOW!!Free Music Review: Taking This Volume Back Off The Shelf
Hit: 5 Stars
The first time I'd ever heard Death Cab For Cutie (DCFC) I was working in a movie theatre during the summer of 2005; `Sound of Settling' had been attached to the trailer for Shopgirl and would play 2-3 times on the television above the cash register. The combination of Chris Walla's voice and rippling images of vulnerability absolutely captivated me. I would stop whatever I was doing at the `Sound of Settling' to embrace one brief moment of clarity and sophistication in an otherwise tumultuous work environment.
DCFC's songs are so powerful that you will remember your first experience as potently as I did. `Transatlanticism' floods you with intensity, infusing you with melodic tunes and heartfelt lyrics; the halo of this album is an eclectic array of `brokenhearted lullabies' and `youthful anthems of optimism'. The nearly eight minute long title song `Transatlanticism' cannot sum the entirity of this album any more perfectly in its rallying cry: "I need you so much closer".
DCFC has carried me through so much in the years since I've discovered them. As other fans agree, their melodies/lyrics hold a maturity that will carry you through good, bad, and in between. It will grow with you and provide the musical nourishment to cultivate a well tempered soul.
Free Music Review: A great CD
Hit: 5 Stars
Over the last few years, "alternative" music and all of its sub-genres has become as overrun with garbage as any genre you can name. In the heyday, we had "Nevermind", "Automatic for the People", Pearl Jam's first two CDs, the Replacements...just naming my personal favorites...but my point is that you could go out and by a 11-13 track CD by a band that you liked and you could count on getting a solid album where most of the tracks were good. I used to latch onto whatever the latest CD was and play it for weeks on end. In the digital age, its much too easy to focus on songs rather than albums, but finally I have found that album that is starting to restore my faith in the ability of a band to make an accessible, quality album that is truly worth what most will pay for it.
This CD has been playing in my car, on my pc and on my iPod for a solid two weeks now, and I'm still picking up pieces of the songs that are continuing to solidify this as one of the best cds I've bought in years. Every song is solid on its own merit, but together they also carry a common theme of a person dealing with a long distance relationship. If your bottom line is quality songcraft, memorable lyrics and melodies that will stay in your head, this is a must.