This morning I bought two albums: the newest Yeah Yeah Yeahs album It's Blitz! and the 2008 Death Cab for Cutie album Narrow Stairs.
Since I already regaled you with a sample from It's Blitz! last week, here's a tune from Death Cab's Narrow Stairs entitled "Cath."
After a perfunctory listen, Narrow Stairs boasts more guitar-focused ballads than the last piano-centric album Plans. So far, I like Plans better overall - there is something unforgettable about all of the songs on that album. Perhaps it is the way in which Gibbard et al. flavor each ballad with memorable piano loops and various synthesized zigzags. Or the way that each song increases in tempo over time, building in texture and emotional complexity (think Different Names for the Same Thing, Brothers on a Hotel Bed, and What Sarah Said). Or maybe Gibbard's maudlin vocals marry better with the piano than the guitar.
What are your thoughts?
Nonetheless, I still wouldn't mind a pair of Gibbard's frames from this video. He's thuper thexy.
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i love me some ben G. i saw him perform solo acoustic like 2 years ago (??) and he was awesome. he did death cab songs and postal service songs. i ruvved it.
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