[gman610]

Originally Posted by LetterBomb31

Aren't the songs meant to have been cobbled together from stuff he's had lying around for 8 years? It's unlikely the album will be cohesive at all, and will probably consist of a variety of different sounds.

^ This is correct.

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I’m a songwriter and that’s my job, and with every record that we’ve made there would always be a couple of tunes that just didn’t seem to fit in with the band. If people wanted to be dismissive of the record, they could just say “Oh these are leftovers,” but they’re really not. They’re not songs that weren’t good enough to make Death Cab records as much as they were things that … well, there’s not really place on a Death Cab record for a song that sounds like Big Star or Teenage Fanclub. It’s kind of not what we do, you know.

It really comes down to a matter of personal preference, but I kind of like that the record is something of a mixed bag. The songs themselves are not all of a particular mode — they’re not all about one subject — and they’re not from one definitive era of my life. They don’t exist in the time between record five and record six. So I think in that sense, I think as we were recording all these tunes, number one we didn’t necessarily know we were making a record, and two I think that to kind of put the record together and sequence it and everything else, I had kind of recognized that all of these tunes are kind of very different from each other and it’s only my voice and songwriting that ties them all together. And some people will find that to be a flaw of the record, but other people will really like it. I don’t think there is a right or wrong way to go about constructing an album. As much as I like to hope that people think the songs are good and like the tunes, I think that people will kind of see past the fact that one song has a mariachi band, the next song is acoustic — it’s all over the map — but I’m really proud of the tunes and how they came together in the studio, and I’d like to hope that that’s enough to carry and justify the record.

[Kelly Doherty]

Originally Posted by gman610

^ This is correct.

YUSS! Mariachi!

[SpyKi]

Originally Posted by Kelly Doherty

And here I was literally thinking Benjamin was going to release the same song over and over

You didn't like I Will Follow You...?

I loved that song for the first few days but it quickly became one of my least favourites on that record. Still a big fan of it though. But yeah, he's already said it's more of an eclectic bunch of songs that don't all sound the same and that it's just a bunch of stuff that he didn't feel would work as Death Cab songs so I don't think it'll be an album full of acoustic songs or something Postal Servicey. I think some song's meant to have a mariachi band...

Edit: Yeah... ^^

[theguy77]

Originally Posted by SpyKi

I loved that song for the first few days but it quickly became one of my least favourites on that record. Still a big fan of it though. But yeah, he's already said it's more of an eclectic bunch of songs that don't all sound the same and that it's just a bunch of stuff that he didn't feel would work as Death Cab songs so I don't think it'll be an album full of acoustic songs or something Postal Servicey. I think some song's meant to have a mariachi band...

Edit: Yeah... ^^

yeah the message of the lyrics is really what carries that song. once you know all of the lyrics and the power of the message has worn off its really not much more than another folk song musically. the same thing happened to me, i never listen to that song all the way through when i'm listening to Plans but i still think highly of it.

[theguy77]

Originally Posted by gman610

^ This is correct.

i like how he worded his explanation, and i'm glad it's not going to mirror Codes & Keys. pretty interested to hear it now that you posted his words about it.

[SpyKi]

Originally Posted by theguy77

yeah the message of the lyrics is really what carries that song. once you know all of the lyrics and the power of the message has worn off its really not much more than another folk song musically. the same thing happened to me, i never listen to that song all the way through when i'm listening to Plans but i still think highly of it.

Yeah definitely. Hit me hard the first few times though.

[mike'smannequin]

No more new Death Cab. We need a second Postal Service record. Know it most likely won't happen, but damn Give Up is the best thing Gibbard has ever touched

[SpyKi]

Originally Posted by mike'smannequin

No more new Death Cab. We need a second Postal Service record. Know it most likely won't happen, but damn Give Up is the best thing Gibbard has ever touched

I wouldn't go that far, I'd still put Trans ahead of it and maybe even Plans too but it is pretty amazing. I'm not sure a new PS album would be the same though as much as I'd like one.

Oh, and every time I listen to Narrow Stairs I get mega depressed, that album's just depressing.

[Deathco_019]

I think it's tough listening to anything by Death Cab without feeling a slight bit depressed.

Narrow Stairs is a very moody album though.

[SpyKi]

After listening to all their stuff today I've found that C&K hasn't held up well for me at all and it was already some of my least favourite work of theirs. Really hope they get their shit together again for the next album.

[rawesome]

Originally Posted by SpyKi

After listening to all their stuff today I've found that C&K hasn't held up well for me at all and it was already some of my least favourite work of theirs. Really hope they get their shit together again for the next album.

I've only been able to make it all the way through that album like twice. Pretty disappointing.

[SpyKi]

Originally Posted by rawesome

I've only been able to make it all the way through that album like twice. Pretty disappointing.

I liked it when it came out even if I did think it was disappointing. I'm kind of thinking I must have been in denial or something now though.

Also, I've never understood the love for "A Movie Script Ending", easily one of my least favourite Death Cab songs but it seems to be pretty loved.

[Deathco_019]

I'm hoping the next album is better too. As I've listened to their other albums more, I've realized Narrow Stairs and Codes And Keys aren't that good.

[SpyKi]

Originally Posted by Deathco_019

I'm hoping the next album is better too. As I've listened to their other albums more, I've realized Narrow Stairs and Codes And Keys aren't that good.

Oh I still love Narrow Stairs, it's not one of my favourites but it's way better than C&K.

[Collin182]

I feel like a really awful fan considering today was the first time I listened to You Can Play These Songs With Chords