Death Cab For Cutie - Thank You For Today (August 17th)

[JackStark211]

[JackStark211]

I finally got to listen to this album over the weekend. What does everyone think?

[JackStark211]

No one care?

[sleigher]

havent heard it - dont really care to - first four albums are great - last dcfc record i heard was plans

last dcfc related album that i really liked was the one that gibbard did with jay farrar one fast move or im gone

[JackStark211]

Plans & Narrow Stairs are two of my favorite albums. I like the new one, but it feels like it is missing something with the absence of Chris Walla.

[lukin]

Originally Posted by sleigher

havent heard it - dont really care to - first four albums are great - last dcfc record i heard was plans



last dcfc related album that i really liked was the one that gibbard did with jay farrar one fast move or im gone

I love that Gibbard/Farrar record



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[lukin]

Originally Posted by JackStark211

I finally got to listen to this album over the weekend. What does everyone think?

I got it last week. I like it but it doesn’t get me terribly excited. If I’m honest, Narrow Stairs was the last one that I loved even though I do enjoy the last three. Narrow Stairs was the last one that really had lyrics that hit me in the gut, like Cath, Grapevine Fires, most of Plans and Transatlantacism. No songs from the last 3 have done that for me. I think the lyrics seem a bit too generic for me now. DCFC have always been a band for me where the lyrics are a really major contributor.


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[JackStark211]

Originally Posted by lukin

I got it last week. I like it but it doesn’t get me terribly excited. If I’m honest, Narrow Stairs was the last one that I loved even though I do enjoy the last three. Narrow Stairs was the last one that really had lyrics that hit me in the gut, like Cath, Grapevine Fires, most of Plans and Transatlantacism. No songs from the last 3 have done that for me. I think the lyrics seem a bit too generic for me now. DCFC have always been a band for me where the lyrics are a really major contributor.


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I agree with all of this.

[sleigher]

Originally Posted by lukin

I think the lyrics seem a bit too generic for me now. DCFC have always been a band for me where the lyrics are a really major contributor.

absolutely this - completely agree

i think gibbard was always at his best when his lyrics were incredibly personal and unique and specific to himself - there was mystery there yet you could create yer own connection to them - those early albums are filled with that ... the more generic/universal his lyrics became the less appealing they were to me