Death Cab for Cutie Part II

     Last post I talked about Death Cab For Cutie. It was a long post for just the origins of the band so I split it up to give you guys a break. I'm going to jump right back in head first. So, we know Death Cab for Cutie produced their album Transatlanticism and obviously it was a huge hit. The band was gaining a lot of attention in the indie music scene, that being said there were a lot of labels out there that wanted to scoop them up. The band stated that they did talk to everyone, and Atlantic Records won. So, like the little band that loves change that they are, up and left long time record label Barsuk Records. They didn't leave on bad terms, so I suppose that's a good thing. I suppose when you're so used to be left, or leaving people, you get good at it. >.> *cough, DCFC, cough*. Despite just signing with Atlantic Records, the band still encouraged fans to download their music from the internet due to their worry about corporate economics. So, now that the band was with Atlantic Records, they needed to produce an album. This album was Plans and was released in August of 2005. Of course, everyone enjoyed it, and it take very long for the album to become popular. The band received a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album 2005. Other events that happened up until the end of 2006 were a touring DVD, supporting animal rights group PETA, the release of Directions (a series of short films based on Plans), a first appearance at Neil Young's Bridge School, and a lengthy tour of the United States to top it all off. I suppose you could say they're busy guys huh?

     Now, we got to 2007 *Time travel noise/Whoosh*. O.K we're they're (not really, stupid), and it is October. Walla had announced that the band was working on their new album, and that this was going to be something that nobody would be expecting and that it truly was spectacular. Walla said, "I'm really excited. It's really got some teeth. The landscape of the thing is way, way more lunar than the urban meadow sort of thing that's been happening for the last couple of records." Walla also went on to say that the album was more "loud" and "abrasive". The first track that was released from the album was "I Will Possess Your Heart" on March 18, 2007. Again DCFC was Grammy nominated for best "Alternative Music Album" in 2008 and also received a nomination for "Best Rock Song" for the track "I Will Possess Your Heart." They were also nominated for "Best Alternative Album" in 2009, yet again. Hmm... sounds a little like Leonardo DiCaprio never seeming to be able to win a Golden Globe. Just Saying.

     Okay now we head off to 2011. The band released the album "Codes And Keys" on May 31st, 2011. And now, fast forward to 3013! It was rumored that Death Cab For Cutie was going to produce their 8th album, and was announced by the band on their Instagram. It will be released on October 29th, 2013 (which is tomorrow btw).

Death Cab For Cutie

      This post is about Death Cab For Cutie, one of my personal favorites. Their music appeals to me no matter what mood I am in. They also create the ultimate love songs if you're into that ooey gooey crap. So, to learn more we go back to the beginning. OOH. AAH. O.k, we're there. So, when (the majority) if the class was about one year old, the band got together. And for those who can't do math that's 1997. Death Cab For Cutie originally began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard who was lead guitarist of the band Pinwheel at the time. Ben was recording under the alias All-Time Quarterback. Not too sure why, but I suppose that was a cool thing to do in the eighties. Ben Gibbard released a cassette titled "You Can Play These Songs With Chords" and because it was the eighties, everyone bought music especially in the ancient form of cassettes and it was successful. Out of this successful cassette, a band was born. This band was Death Cab For Cutie, and recruited his band. One of them was Chris Walla, who also worked on the cassette (no skewered...maybe) and became lead guitarist for the band. Nick Harmer became the bass player and Nathan Good played the drums. After the sugar, spice and everything nice with a pinch of chemical X Death Cab for Cutie officially became a band out of Bellingham, Washington. Fun Fact: They all went to Western Washington University, so who said you can't have fun in Uni? Also, I think it's slightly funny they wasted money on degrees they'll never use because the band took off. Most of their early songs were recorded in a-oh what a surprise- Gibbard's basement. So far this blog is starting to sound like a fairy tale because this whole thing is so cliche. I often wonder as I'm writing this if this really was how the band got together because it sounds so fake. Maybe it was some sick joke they unleashed onto the internets to watch poor blogger like falsely write about them. Oh well. Anyways, back to the main story. So blah blah blah, still in the early years of the band, blah. So in the early years, they released an LP. Also some notable stuff that happened, Good left the band and was replaced by Jayson Tolzdorf-Larson during the production of first album We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes. The new guy with the weird and difficult last name was later on replaced by another guy with a difficulty last name when they released their EP The Forbidden Love.
Just for names sake his name was Michael Schorr. A little into the future and the band released another LP. P.s sorry if this is short and sweet, this is only the bands beginning and I have a lot of ground to cover. Or should is say pixels ;) *wink wink*. In 98' they met their long term manager Jordan Kurland (Thank god one person is solid in this story...maybe). OK, so the band has made it 2003. Pretty good for a band with a constantly changing drummer. By this time the band was getting a lot of popularity especially on the Indie music scene. But then, oh what a surprise *insert understanding of sarcasm here*, another drummer. His name was Jason McGerr. And again, this is for names sake only because I'm really starting to doubt the importance of listing the drummers names. Well, McGerr turned out to be pretty damn important since he was on the Transatlanticism album released by the band in October of 2003. Songs from the album were on shows like CSI: Miami, The O.C and Californication. The tracks also made it into films like Easy A and Wedding Crashers.

     Whew. Ok that was only just the beginning! For your sake, I'm going to be splitting it into a two-part blogging series because that was a lot to digest already. Here's a picture of the band currently, and I will also be linking some music down below as per usual. Can you guess which one I love the most?

Death Of An Interior Decorator by Death Cab For Cutie
http://www.huskyindenial.com/music/share/deathcab/trans/09%20Death%20of%20an%20Interior%20Decorator.mp3

I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab For Cutie
http://a.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo6dv3vLCb1qdcjz4o1.mp3

Talking Bird by Death Cab For Cutie
http://a.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw3au43gPv1qa2h81o1.mp3