Death Cab: retrospective reissues, new record in pipeline...

I love DCfC!

Will be buying all of this, even though I own all the albums :-)

Oe,
I made a blog (itsafever.blogspot.com) and there you can find a short story of Philip Roth that I wrote it out.

The blog is in portuguese, but the story in english, so there'll be no problem for you guys to read, the blog is irrelevant.

Soon I'll put some music, some bright eyes japanese edition, or pavement la's desert session of crooked rain, don't know, I'll see it further.

Because it's a re-release, and I'm driven to it by an urge to own *all* the releases. Dunno why, I just am.

'Kittens Got Claws' is a fantastic track from Fickle Public, I take it that's where you got your username?

The new stuff does suck quite royally. Transatlanticism is the sound of Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla finally getting their fat paycheck. Fair play to them; after all, they've been at it for years.

We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes, however, is far superior to anything they've produced since. Lyrically, it's much stronger than Transatlancism, Chris Walla's guitar playing has never been better, and it has this wonderfully melancholic mood to it.

Maybe I was being a bit harsh, but in places it makes me tear my hair out. The "epic" title track is filler - I appreciate they can't keep doing chiming guitars forever, but this attempt at progression just makes me want to grab Gibbard round the throat and go "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BOY?"

Having said that, there are some classic DCFC songs on there - A Lack Of Color is particularly pretty, Expo '86 is cute in the way it cycles back to the start, and Tiny Vessels is emo++ but a guilty pleasure. As a whole, it's not a patch on something like Scientist Studies, or No Joy In Mudville, or Wait (even though I know that's a Secret Stars cover).

A lot of people got into DCFC via Transatlanticism, and for that I applaud it. I have faith that their next record will improve.

Well, I had another listen to one of my housemate's Death Cab CDs , that We Have The Facts one, on random, and the first track was this horrendously cheesy thing called 'Styrofoam Plates'. Meh. You can keep 'em :P

ha. you're funny.

you just don't know how music and literature industry works here. do you know when death cab are going to be released here, for example? never.
It's just a possibility of free music and literature, don't know, go there and read the simple story or just shush.

sorry DiS. Not trying to do publicity, just trying to promote stuffs.

But are there going to be any differences...?

I was referring the slightly heavy-handed lyrical content.

I'd hope Fierce Panda would do the re-release, otherwise, you used to be able to pick up the older records from Barsuk's website for about $8 each plus shipping, which is pretty cheap. You can pick up the All Time Quarterback one as well, which isn't essential but interesting.

really looking forward to the dvd, and new album.

Meh, I'd disagree (but then I would). When I listen, admittedly rarely, to Death Cab, the music is rather...well, it's just something and nothing, it's kinda unremarkable. But Postal Service makes me listen to the keyboards, and the beats are more interesting...and the music's just more interesting. Even if it is stripped down.

I like Styrofoam Plates. I also quite like the lyrics, its quite an interesting song in my opinion.