have we talked about the new deathcab yet?

Caine Walker · 05-08-2008, 11:18 AM

after reading this from my buddy, i'm suddenly intrigued. in a bad way.

"I dl'd the new one, and the second song really hooked me.... but now I'm in the throes of the rest of the album, which sucks so bad. I feel like I'm suddenly 35, wearing J.Crew, sipping coffee in Starbucks, pondering life and wondering which preschool to enroll my daughter in and how the oil crisis will affect her children's children. "

bja1288 · 05-08-2008, 11:32 AM

oh comeon, all dcfc gives off that vibe, especially the two most recent. doesnt have to mean you cant enjoy it

Caine Walker · 05-08-2008, 11:40 AM

all of it? eeehhhh.

but i hate Plans.

bja1288 · 05-08-2008, 11:44 AM

ive enjoyed all of their releases on some level, so i cant speak on whether it 'sucks' as much as plans did

ravenguy2000 · 05-08-2008, 12:28 PM

I like the first track but the rest was just not grabbing my attention at all.

That being said I don't really like too much of this band, it's weird there are songs here and there that I really love but I can't get into them as an album group.

i want new postal service

/gay

wHATcOLOR · 05-08-2008, 12:41 PM

bixby canyon bridge and grapevine fires are my favorite two, then your new twin sized bed.

thing about those songs is that some of the imagery is really compelling, but it's carried in this really benignly sounding package, and sometimes i'll find myself checking out of the song and and lost in my own thoughts, meanwhile my favorite parts of the song passed by and i didn't even notice.

those two songs though i'm really enjoying a lot.

wHATcOLOR · 05-08-2008, 12:46 PM

also thanks for the link bja1288

teh b0lly!!1 · 05-08-2008, 01:55 PM

Plans is one of the best records released in the last few years imo, its super intelligent and has only a few weak spots that the record could have lived without.
downloading the new record now, cant wait to listen
although i must say, all that talk about the new 'lunar' sound dont sound all that great...
i mean, the best thing about death cab so far was their urban, sunday-afternoonish sound

wHATcOLOR · 05-08-2008, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teh b0lly!!1

although i must say, all that talk about the new 'lunar' sound dont sound all that great...
i mean, the best thing about death cab so far was their urban, sunday-afternoonish sound

i didn't feel that that quote applied at all

lambert · 05-08-2008, 02:48 PM

I've only listened to the album through twice but I just find it incredibly boring. there isn't really much that makes me want to come back to it. I've been a fan of all their other stuff, especially the Photo Album and We Have the Facts... but this one just hasn't done it for me at all.

Caine Walker · 05-08-2008, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teh b0lly!!1

although i must say, all that talk about the new 'lunar' sound dont sound all that great...
i mean, the best thing about death cab so far was their urban, sunday-afternoonish sound

new lunar sound?

JapanAlex · 05-08-2008, 05:59 PM

why do people like this emo trash? dcfc? it's like fall out boy without the punking rock - which makes it even worse!

neopryn · 05-08-2008, 06:02 PM

JapanAlex with the hard-hitting insight

redbull · 05-08-2008, 08:03 PM

this album sucks except for I Will Possess Your Heart

pale blue eyes · 05-08-2008, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravenguy2000

That being said I don't really like too much of this band, it's weird there are songs here and there that I really love but I can't get into them as an album group.

i want new postal service

Pretty much, and I have really tried to get into them but halfway through an album I just get sort of disinterested.

ravenguy2000 · 05-08-2008, 09:06 PM

can't we just sit around and listen to i will fallow you into the the dark together

JapanAlex · 05-08-2008, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neopryn

JapanAlex with the hard-hitting insight

yep

D. · 05-08-2008, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravenguy2000

i want new postal service

D. · 05-08-2008, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pale blue eyes

Pretty much, and I have really tried to get into them but halfway through an album I just get sort of disinterested.

this, too, i agree with.

ryan patrick · 05-09-2008, 12:01 AM

whatever the single is sounds like they took an incubus song and swapped the death cab guy's vocals in

bja1288 · 05-09-2008, 12:04 AM

care to explain?

bja1288 · 05-09-2008, 12:41 AM

heres a V0 from what if anyone wants to replace the 128. yea im being a link whore

http://www.sendspace.com/file/wv03j9

the pity and fear ending is fixed btw

teh b0lly!!1 · 05-09-2008, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caine Walker

new lunar sound?

i was talking about this. in case you don't know, Chris Walla is the bass player.

Quote:

Walla said, "I'm really excited about it. It's really got some teeth. The landscape of the thing is way, way more lunar than the urban meadow sort of thing that has been happening for the last couple of records."[18] Walla also adds that the album is "louder and more dissonant and... abrasive." They claim that they were influenced by heavy metal music and "synth-punk band Brainiac."[18]

teh b0lly!!1 · 05-09-2008, 03:30 AM

im listening to the album in pieces, as i always do with a new album, and i have to say i like what im hearing. the new sound is kind of radiohead-in rainbows-ish, tight drums, lots of subtle overdriven instruments, unprocessed vocals.
great production overall, everything is really in tune and tight but still rather loose.
the songs sound good, the only thing that kind of bugged me so far was the vocal melodies.
i mean, although they're decent, they sound like most of them have been improved over the songs and they dont come off as very thoughtful melodies.

Gish08 · 05-09-2008, 07:47 AM

Death Cab hasn't made a good album since 2001

Brute Squad · 05-09-2008, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gish08

Death Cab hasn't made a good album since 2001

I'm just glad I saw them three times that year.

Caine Walker · 05-09-2008, 10:15 AM

ok, i'm almost done with this thing now.

this album is simultaneously making me feel lazy and giving me the intense urge to GoGreen!

long division sounds like a rehash of something off the photo album.

Caine Walker · 05-09-2008, 10:23 AM

mm, pity and fear isn't too bad.

Rocket Launcher · 05-10-2008, 02:49 PM

For me the album was a disappointment except songs like Cath..., I Will Possess Your Heart and Your New Twin Sized Bed...but most of the album seems like a lukewarm rebrew. Especially disappointing after the greatness of "Plans".

lambert · 05-10-2008, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Fogelsong

I'm just glad I saw them three times that year.

Fuck, I've seen them a total of 15 times. The ex was a huge fan so I went to pretty much every show in the Seattle, Vancouver, Portland area.

Only dragged her to two Billy and two Pumpkins shows in that time.

05-08-2008, 11:18 AM	#1
Caine Walker Braindead Posts: 15,481	have we talked about the new deathcab yet? after reading this from my buddy, i'm suddenly intrigued. in a bad way. "I dl'd the new one, and the second song really hooked me.... but now I'm in the throes of the rest of the album, which sucks so bad. I feel like I'm suddenly 35, wearing J.Crew, sipping coffee in Starbucks, pondering life and wondering which preschool to enroll my daughter in and how the oil crisis will affect her children's children. "

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05-08-2008, 11:32 AM	#2
bja1288 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,206	oh comeon, all dcfc gives off that vibe, especially the two most recent. doesnt have to mean you cant enjoy it

05-08-2008, 11:40 AM	#3
Caine Walker Braindead Posts: 15,481	all of it? eeehhhh. but i hate Plans.

05-08-2008, 11:44 AM	#4
bja1288 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,206	ive enjoyed all of their releases on some level, so i cant speak on whether it 'sucks' as much as plans did

05-08-2008, 12:28 PM	#5
ravenguy2000 NO FATS Location: NO FEMS Posts: 29,008	I like the first track but the rest was just not grabbing my attention at all. That being said I don't really like too much of this band, it's weird there are songs here and there that I really love but I can't get into them as an album group. i want new postal service /gay

05-08-2008, 12:41 PM	#6
wHATcOLOR THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Location: \|\| MY NAME IS KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID ROCK!! Posts: 45,841	bixby canyon bridge and grapevine fires are my favorite two, then your new twin sized bed. thing about those songs is that some of the imagery is really compelling, but it's carried in this really benignly sounding package, and sometimes i'll find myself checking out of the song and and lost in my own thoughts, meanwhile my favorite parts of the song passed by and i didn't even notice. those two songs though i'm really enjoying a lot.

05-08-2008, 12:46 PM	#7
wHATcOLOR THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Location: \|\| MY NAME IS KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID ROCK!! Posts: 45,841	also thanks for the link bja1288

05-08-2008, 01:55 PM	#8
teh b0lly!!1 Braindead Location: WILD BOY Posts: 15,411	Plans is one of the best records released in the last few years imo, its super intelligent and has only a few weak spots that the record could have lived without. downloading the new record now, cant wait to listen although i must say, all that talk about the new 'lunar' sound dont sound all that great... i mean, the best thing about death cab so far was their urban, sunday-afternoonish sound

05-08-2008, 02:48 PM	#10
lambert Demi-God Posts: 272	I've only listened to the album through twice but I just find it incredibly boring. there isn't really much that makes me want to come back to it. I've been a fan of all their other stuff, especially the Photo Album and We Have the Facts... but this one just hasn't done it for me at all.

05-08-2008, 05:59 PM	#12
JapanAlex Apocalyptic Poster Location: Mr. Donut's Posts: 1,216	why do people like this emo trash? dcfc? it's like fall out boy without the punking rock - which makes it even worse!

05-08-2008, 06:02 PM	#13
neopryn let's see your penis! Location: i had a few beers, but i'm cool to drive Posts: 31,868	JapanAlex with the hard-hitting insight

05-08-2008, 08:03 PM	#14
redbull Immortal Location: like liutenant dan i'm rollin' Posts: 21,031	this album sucks except for I Will Possess Your Heart

05-08-2008, 09:06 PM	#16
ravenguy2000 NO FATS Location: NO FEMS Posts: 29,008	can't we just sit around and listen to i will fallow you into the the dark together

05-09-2008, 12:01 AM	#20
ryan patrick Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 3,520	whatever the single is sounds like they took an incubus song and swapped the death cab guy's vocals in

05-09-2008, 12:04 AM	#21
bja1288 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,206	care to explain?

05-09-2008, 12:41 AM	#22
bja1288 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,206	heres a V0 from what if anyone wants to replace the 128. yea im being a link whore http://www.sendspace.com/file/wv03j9 the pity and fear ending is fixed btw

05-09-2008, 03:30 AM	#24
teh b0lly!!1 Braindead Location: WILD BOY Posts: 15,411	im listening to the album in pieces, as i always do with a new album, and i have to say i like what im hearing. the new sound is kind of radiohead-in rainbows-ish, tight drums, lots of subtle overdriven instruments, unprocessed vocals. great production overall, everything is really in tune and tight but still rather loose. the songs sound good, the only thing that kind of bugged me so far was the vocal melodies. i mean, although they're decent, they sound like most of them have been improved over the songs and they dont come off as very thoughtful melodies.

05-09-2008, 07:47 AM	#25
Gish08 Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,560	Death Cab hasn't made a good album since 2001

05-09-2008, 10:15 AM	#27
Caine Walker Braindead Posts: 15,481	ok, i'm almost done with this thing now. this album is simultaneously making me feel lazy and giving me the intense urge to GoGreen! long division sounds like a rehash of something off the photo album.

05-09-2008, 10:23 AM	#28
Caine Walker Braindead Posts: 15,481	mm, pity and fear isn't too bad.

05-10-2008, 02:49 PM	#29
Rocket Launcher Ownz Posts: 955	For me the album was a disappointment except songs like Cath..., I Will Possess Your Heart and Your New Twin Sized Bed...but most of the album seems like a lukewarm rebrew. Especially disappointing after the greatness of "Plans".