Death Cab For Cutie's sixth studio album, Narrow Stairs, is a surprisingly dark record when compared with the band's buoyant meloncholy of the past. With track names such as "You Can Do Better Than Me," "Pity and Fear," and "The Ice Is Getting Thinner," Ben Gibbard's songwriting occupies direct and sometimes arresting territory. But even with greater lyrical and sonic dissonance, this is still the record of a confident, self-assured band, well aware of their critical and popular success and the sometimes polarizing nature of it all.
December 19, 2008
17. Narrow Stairs / Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab For Cutie's sixth studio album, Narrow Stairs, is a surprisingly dark record when compared with the band's buoyant meloncholy of the past. With track names such as "You Can Do Better Than Me," "Pity and Fear," and "The Ice Is Getting Thinner," Ben Gibbard's songwriting occupies direct and sometimes arresting territory. But even with greater lyrical and sonic dissonance, this is still the record of a confident, self-assured band, well aware of their critical and popular success and the sometimes polarizing nature of it all.
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