Death Cab For Cutie's Narrow Stairs Album Art
The jammy, eight-minute "I Will Possess Your Heart" was the first step along Narrow Stairs; graphic designers, we have the second. We've obscured the cover art via rectangular collage for that thumbnail to heighten the suspense, but the proper and pristine cover obviously features more surprising and discrete images.
Just kidding that was totally a fair and accurate representation of how it looks.
Narrow Stairs is out 5/13 on Atlantic.
Posted at 4:22 PM in Album Art
Tags: Death Cab For Cutie
I like it.
Posted by: Miles at March 25, 2008 4:37 PM | ReplyScore = 2
This band seriously might be the gheyest band in the history of indie-rock music. Their new song just songs like another swollen vagina track. Their cranberry juice indie stuff drives me nuts.
Posted by: Fred at March 25, 2008 4:46 PM | ReplyScore = -36
4 minutes without vocals. that's what i call a single. jimmy page would be proud of that. i can't wait to go to a show and see a lot of disappointed 15 year old girls.
Posted by: BrentScore = 12
This is one of the those things where if I slowly step away from my computer it will look increasingly like Abe Lincoln?
Posted by: ScottScore = 17
Death Cab are trying to be fArtsy again with minimalistic album design. At least it looks better than Plans and probably will sound better, which is a good thing (since i consider plans to be a really shitty album)
Posted by: powxScore = -4
Too bad it's not actually "minimalist" cover art by any means or you'd be right.
Posted by: Andrew at March 25, 2008 5:09 PM | ReplyScore = 5
you guys are probably judging them on their last two albums. try to work backwards on their 4+ albums and then tell me how much they've changed. narrow stairs is gonna be really different.
Posted by: paul at March 25, 2008 5:14 PM | ReplyScore = 4
plans wasn't has bad as everyone claims, I SWEAR! please :{
Posted by: donthate at March 25, 2008 5:22 PM | ReplyScore = 4
ah, the art...it's nice. i like. the band? eh, not so much...
Posted by: grandma smitty at March 25, 2008 5:23 PM | ReplyScore = -3
tweezers and super glue.
Posted by: kScore = -1
Yeah, that's a pretty cool cover. I like it. I'll admit not everything on Plans was great, but I'm still interested in hearing this.
Posted by: Jeff at March 25, 2008 6:02 PM | ReplyScore = 1
mmmhm....interesting? im actually very excited for the next album.Plans left me a bit....disappointed.
Posted by: gabyScore = 1
that album cover sucks. come on
Posted by: foundmyrosebud01Score = -11
The album art looks like a flag...an American flag. I think this album is going to be a sweet allusion to the population being misguided by politicians backed up by a willing media that won't really ask questions...or maybe it's about love and hearts and relavent things.
Posted by: Matt Abramson at March 25, 2008 7:27 PM | ReplyScore = -5
The album art looks like a flag...an American flag. I think this album is going to be a sweet allusion to the population being misguided by politicians backed up by a willing media that won't really ask questions...or maybe it's about love and hearts and relavent things.
Posted by: Matt Abramson at March 25, 2008 7:27 PM | ReplyScore = -9
The album art looks like a flag...an American flag. I think this album is going to be a sweet allusion to the population being misguided by politicians backed up by a willing media that won't really ask questions...or maybe it's about love and hearts and relavent things.
Posted by: Matt Abramson at March 25, 2008 7:28 PM | ReplyScore = -10
i like it a lot. i think DCFC is trying to run away from Plans and go in an entirely new direction and i wish them well. although i was still quite satisfied with Plans, though it isn't there best work.
Posted by: Nate at March 25, 2008 9:23 PM | ReplyScore = 3
HEYYYY, it sorta looks like there's a perfume ad being obscured by those "creatively" arranged reactangles... you know, like one of those ads where everyone's pretty, tan and bland and there's a golden retriever and a boat in the background.
Posted by: @meli@ at March 25, 2008 10:37 PM | ReplyScore = -2
I like it. I guess. I just can't help but get the feeling that I've made this in Paint before.
Posted by: kinda_alright at March 25, 2008 10:39 PM | ReplyScore = 6
I like the font. It reminds me of the album covers of their older albums.
Posted by: Alex at March 26, 2008 1:17 AM | ReplyScore = 1
dj kayslay calls death cab for cutie death crabs for ugly bitch indie rock pussy shit! KAYSLAY! what? DRAMA KING! got my guns ! papoose! !nacirema!american! palindrome! street SWEEPER!
death cab run away from kayslay ere he drops an anvil on yo head! run bitch run!
I'm old greg!
Posted by: your madukesScore = -9
Death Cab is a hot mess with their bad selves! They always is good, girl.
Posted by: Duke at March 26, 2008 6:33 AM | ReplyScore = 5
Yeah, it lacks originality. Everyone here seems to like it, because popular culture tells them to. TOTB.
Posted by: Faith at March 26, 2008 11:28 AM | ReplyScore = -5
Yeah, it lacks originality. Everyone here seems to like it, because popular culture tells them to. TOTB.
Posted by: Faith at March 26, 2008 11:28 AM | ReplyScore = -3
The Construction Paper Album? Where were you when you first heard it?
Posted by: ManUtd17 at March 26, 2008 1:46 PM | ReplyScore = 0
The Construction Paper Album. Where were you when you first heard it?
Posted by: ManUtd17 at March 26, 2008 1:46 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Apparently Jackson Pollock is alive and painting album covers these days.
Posted by: Adam at March 26, 2008 8:31 PM | ReplyScore = -2
i'm sorry adam, but you have no idea what you're talking about. do you really think this looks like jackson pollock or were you just naming the first abstract artist that came to your head? because if you had any knowledge of art, i should hope you could come up with a better comparison than that. besides the fact that they're both "abstract", this cover and pollock's work couldn't be more different in terms of expression, color etc. before you insult another piece of art or artist, i suggest you take into account that you are not an artist and will probably just sound dumb to anyone around you who has a clue.
have a nice day.
Posted by: sara in reply to Adam's comment at May 12, 2008 3:27 AM | ReplyScore = 1
This would've been avant-garde in '60s but in today's world it just looks like a badly pixelated HDTV image.
Posted by: Eludium-Q36 at March 27, 2008 11:10 AM | ReplyScore = 1
It actually looks like it could be a Fugazi album cover to me for some reason.
Posted by: Evan at March 28, 2008 8:08 PM | ReplyScore = 0
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/o560650.jpg
Posted by: Yoni at March 29, 2008 9:43 AM | ReplyScore = 0
I like the right half of the cover art.
Posted by: kaylee at March 30, 2008 1:59 AM | Replythe left is too blue.. and more boring
Score = 2
I Loved the new song..
I'm Excited! i Finally get to see them June 3rd in Chi-town!
Posted by: Vagabond at April 17, 2008 4:05 PM | ReplyScore = 0