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...innumerable appearances inside the heads of characters on The O.C., the Seattle-based quartet Death Cab for Cutie has established itself as the go-to band for a particular kind of postadolescent melancholy. The standard Death Cab song, sung in the earnest and always reasonable voice of Ben Gibbard, hews to the belief that the world is big and tough, that we are small and bruise easily--so let's stay small, stay together and hope for the best...
Chris: Who ever said that commercial tie-ins are a good thing? When the Postal Service—a popular band on Subpop combining the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Gibbard (who is as portly as he is whiny) with the poppy glitches of Jimmy Tamborello from Dntel—agreed to a deal with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), politically correct crunchies everywhere praised this indie-rock spirit of compromise. But they seem to critically overlook the fact that by this deal, an allegedly DIY band and an allegedly DIY branch of the U.S. government have...
...twenty- and thirty-somethings mingled, but the overwhelming majority of the room was attending their Tuesday night class, trying to discern the complex sound waves striking their academic ears. Some heads bobbed, a few hands waved and a scattering of lips mouthed the soulful words of lead singer Ben Gibbard. The house was all but dead. Yet, somehow, Death Cab played unaffected. Enduring in this uninspiring atmosphere, they unraveled a spectacular set and treated the collegiate audience to a musical feast...
Introducing “This Temporary Life,” Gibbard mentioned that the song was featured on the recently released Future Soundtrack for America charity compilation. Between songs, Gibbard also urged the audience to vote in the coming election and stressed the importance of being active and making a change. His political bent has previously come to the fore; in a recent Morphizm.com interview Gibbard said, “I think art and politics are directly related to each other, and people that deny the cross-influence are kidding themselves.” Additionally, Chris writes a regular column...
...Cutie’s new album Transatlanticism is a relaxed ode to disillusionment. Opening with the lines “So this is the New Year / and I don’t feel any different,” the album pulls no lyrical punches. Guitarist and lead singer Benjamin Gibbard delivers his vocals so tenderly and with such fragility that, along with the hook-laden accompaniment, one cannot help but feel cheered in spite of the lyrics’ gravity...