Death Cab For Cutie - anybody hear them?

Basq

An amazing band...

I really recommend Transatlanticism

Amazing songs from start to finish but especially 'Title And Registration' and 'Death Of An Interior Designer'

PS - For anyone who's a fan of the brillant The Postal Service.. it's the same lead singer (Ben Gibbard). The Postal Service was a side project for him.

Rcuomo

i remember these, didnt they have a tune that starts off with the lyrics
'synapse to synapse, the conversation...' - that was a good tune,
cant remember the name though

Ro: maaan!

I'm not a big fan of his voice, but the rest of is sounds good (from what I've heard).

smackbunnybaby

basquille wrote:

An amazing band...

I really recommend Transatlanticism

Amazing songs from start to finish but especially 'Title And Registration' and 'Death Of An Interior Designer'

PS - For anyone who's a fan of the brillant The Postal Service.. it's the same lead singer (Ben Gibbard). The Postal Service was a side project for him.

i love the postal service!
currently listening to give up at this moment
i hope they never release another album - give up is too perfect
give up lads!!!

transatlanticism is great as is the we have the facts..etc

Basq

Yeah, 'Give Up' is probably one of the best albums in a long, long time!

Rumour is The Postal Service will release another album but i think Ben's trying to focus on DCFC right now.

Anyone who hasn't heard The Postal Service, go get 'Give Up' right now. I've been plugging it on here for quite a while.

eoinf

a shame "the oc" generation has somewhat latched onto the band can see the hype killing this band and many like it

melekalikimaka

so true...the o.c. ruined the suicide machines for me... and to a lesser extent slightly stupid, the show is like the chopping blocks for decent bands

Rhyme

Been listening to them for a while now, quite good. At least Josh Ritter and Pinback havent been thrust into the limelight by the show.. for now

eoinf

melekalikimaka wrote:

the show is like the chopping blocks for decent bands

none the less it was good to see modest mouse come out and play ,paperthin walls,a tune from their 2000 album the moon and antartica rather than shamelessly plug a new single

mentalimplosion

yeah because it's CERTAINLY not like half of "good news for people who love bad news" has been featured on the show already. by my count the view, float on and the world at large have all been featured too. pfft.

anyway, the oc tries very hard to be zeitgeist-y and i think it works. they do take trends from the street and put them on the screen, in music and fashion and i think they do it well. and Bell X1 are going to be on it soonish, which is always good.

sleepwalker

ah yes such a shame that good bands get the exposure they deserve :rolleyes:

lordgoat

well said sleep* i hate these wannabies who get upset cos "their" favourite obscure band was on a popular tv show and now i won't be as cool anymore cos more people will know bout it- **** OFF.

i'm glad modes mouse were on the oc, and i hope death cab get on there too as well as the wrens or -insert cooler than thou name drop here- i'm just happy to hear decent music/bands getting the exposure they deserve.

mentalimplosion

i never said that i wasn't happy with modest mouse being on the oc, i was just pointing out that modest mouse have had singles 'shamelessly plugged' and that paper thinwalls wasn't the ony song they had on it... some of my favourite songs have been featured on the oc and i enjoyed it very much. i'm looking forward to seeing manymore good bands featured on the oc

Atmosphere

basquille wrote:

An amazing band...

I really recommend Transatlanticism

Amazing songs from start to finish but especially 'Title And Registration' and 'Death Of An Interior Designer'

PS - For anyone who's a fan of the brillant The Postal Service.. it's the same lead singer (Ben Gibbard). The Postal Service was a side project for him.

I've been listening to them for a while now.They are really good.

Jim

Got Transatlanticism a good awhile ago. Its very very good, really like the guys voice. Got We've Got All The Facts And We're Voting Yes a couple of months ago and its equally good, if not better in parts. I quite enjoy Postal Service aswell.

ThatBloke

For What It's Worth, good music is good music no matter which programme plays it.

The OC plays good music. End of story.

lordgoat

mentalimplosion: you weren't the target of my tirade, apologies if i upset...

deceptacon

Death Cab for Cutie took This Charming Man and raped it, over and over and over again with a giant manual plough. For this reason I will never listen to them.

Basq

deceptacon wrote:

Death Cab for Cutie took This Charming Man and raped it, over and over and over again with a giant manual plough. For this reason I will never listen to them.

Hmmmm.. fair enough! I'm sure they'll miss you!

deceptacon

I hope they die. However, I enjoy Postal Service. So the singer may remain.

Basq

deceptacon wrote:

I hope they die. However, I enjoy Postal Service. So the singer may remain.

I probably prefer The Postal Service to Death Cab.

But think that's because 'Give Up' is, in my opinion, a genius unmatchable album! And none of the Death Cab For Cutie albums, although they are amazing, have affected me the same as 'Give Up'

ThatBloke

Optimus Prime and his hardy band of mechanoid warriors like Death Cab for A Cutie

legofsalmon

In all fairness the Postal Service is a supergroup, and the album was made out of a real love of music so it was destined to be great.

Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley on backing vocals!!! she could be crooning my heart away but she's on secondary vocals with Jen Wood ( who is equally delectible vocal wise ) ... I like Ben Gibbard's voice... it sounds kinda bare and therefore a lil more honest sounding.... plus you got Jimmy of Dntel doing beats tis great...

all said I don't think they'll be doing a lot of regular stuff since Death Cab are going really well, and so are Rilo Kiley... If they could muster a tour from someplace it would be sooo good but I can't see it really... especially since "Transatlanticism" and "More Adventurous" have both been released pretty recently

Basq

Well, you have to remember Ben Gibbard took on The Postal Service as a side project long after DCFC.

And i heard someone that The Postal Service are planning another album. Will try and find a link.. seriously needs to blow us away to match the brillance of 'Give Up'

** fires on 'The District Sleeps Tonight' on Winamp just talking about 'em **

EDIT: Although what were they thinking with covering Phil Collin's 'Against All Odds'?

Jim

Just got The Photo Album. Wow.

legofsalmon

basquille wrote:

Well, you have to remember Ben Gibbard took on The Postal Service as a side project long after DCFC.

And i heard someone that The Postal Service are planning another album. Will try and find a link.. seriously needs to blow us away to match the brillance of 'Give Up'

** fires on 'The District Sleeps Tonight' on Winamp just talking about 'em **

EDIT: Although what were they thinking with covering Phil Collin's 'Against All Odds'?

heh heh talk of the brilliance of The Postal Service and them covering Phil Collins..... hmmm..... :rolleyes:

I suppose, tis kinda an inbetweeny place they ( the postal service ) are in. They are all coming from successful bands, and this was treated as a side project by them all... yet the product, "Give up" possibley overshadows all their recent albums....

I can't predict what will happen...

Basq

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Just got The Photo Album. Wow.

Yep.. brillant!!

Try getting 'We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes'.... excellent also!

A truly excellent band!

EDIT: Reading the Death Cab For Cutie forums and apparently a new Postal Service album is currently in the works with Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello hard at work on it.