Death Cab Hit Kimmel With Promises Of Heart Possession
This past few weeks we've seen Death Cab fully emerge from their heartfelt cocoon of indie emotion and become a full-fledged multimedia/chart-topping behemoth. They've got America's #1 album, they killed it on Letterman, they popped up in Gossip Girl, did the Coachella thing, the Daytrotter thing, Black Cab thing, and turned in an honest day's blogging. Shit now Walla's even writing op-eds on political primaries. Clearly we've created a monster. So what could possibly be left? More late night performances! This time it's for the benefit of Jimmy Kimmel's midnight show, which has the added benefit of feeling like a true and proper concert.
Nothing says "true and proper concert" than an air-drumming lip syncer first row, yes? Ben and Jason's nearly matching plaid & glasses = pretty cute. Walla, looking the part of the diplomat, yes. And Nick, for as much as we are loving the Galifianakis facial hair, after we've been hipped to this...
...how could we ask for anything else?
Narrow Stairs is out via Atlantic.
Posted at 12:55 PM in Video
Tags: Death Cab For Cutie | Jimmy Kimmel
god the new album is so beyond terrible
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i was going to say something snarky about comment thread haters, but i'll be nice today. as far as the kimmel performance, wouldn't it be some cool shit if kimmel let them play the eight-minute version?
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I can't wait for Kimmel's cover story in next week's NYTimes Magazine.
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the new album isn't terrible. certain songs are though for sure. very uneven, methinks.
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i thought the album was terrible at first, but then i realized the one i downloaded was a fake (some band called velveteen or something). i bought it and most of it sounds WONDERFUL.
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I think the new album is pretty great. Haters be damned.
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I know, right? There's so much music in this world and I have a hard time believing anybody has been accosted in their house by a random stranger with a boombox, forcing them to listen to Narrow Stairs. And if you think you can make a better album...well, you should be in the studio instead of leaving comments on a web site, b/c I'd like to hear this superior collection of songs.
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I've seen this "don't criticize something if you can't do better" argument a thousand times, and it gets dumber each time.
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I didn't say don't criticize...it doesn't affect me one way or the other. I just suggested that if there's such a void of good music in the world that people feel compulsed to visit web sites and trash those who are making an effort to bring music to the masses, then perhaps it would be a better use of time to step up and fill that void. But if trashing DCFC on stereogum is honestly what you feel you do best, then please don't deny the world your gift.
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Nice strawman. So it can't just happen that someone reads this site regularly and decides to take 20 seconds to comment on something, even if it's negative? It must be that they scour the interwebs just waiting for the opportunity to spew their anti-DCFC venom right?
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Just don't see the point in hating. While I don't love Narrow Stairs, I also don't think that the band owed me an album that I can appreciate...they made the album they wanted to make and I applaud them for doing that. If bands went around trying to make albums they knew their fanbase would like, we would actually have that void to which I alluded. Think of all the great albums that wouldn't have been made if songwriters and musicians were like, "Oh, man, I hope the readers of Stereogum like this album." And it seems like the venom is up a bit more today after yesterday gave people hope that DCFC might be reading this today and actually seeing the hateful comments...and that's just sad.
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Whoever decided for this song to be their single needs to be a better decision
maker. Definitely one of the less interesting songs on the album. I could
pass.
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Good god, child! Benny boy needs a hair cut.
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is this some kind of junior high school english class or what?
but anyways. back to the topic...i think DCFC's album is good...it isnt their best defitinely, but it is enjoyable. AN theyre pretty fun, as proved by their stereogum blogging. :)
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Maybe we wouldn't feel so compelled to give these dudes a reality check if they didn't diss both Radiohead (or their model, or whatever) and Warren G-Spot and Nate Diggity, (two acts I have long admired). They should spend their time writing better songs instead of lame blogs :-)
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I love the new DCFC album - it's so different than their past records as it doesn't have a feel or theme that goes from song to song. There's not a natural flow - but ben's song writing continues to amaze me. there's some great songs on this album.
I've come to the realization that bands don't necessarily have to beat their last album - just do what they wanna do. if people do / do not like it then oh well.
i like it.
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