Sorry for the lack and updates and yada-yada-yada…
I was thinking of something worthwhile to update the blog with, and what’s more worthwhile than some new material from Death Cab For Cutie. Without doubt, one of the finest and most consistently brilliant bands in recent years with both ‘Transatlanticism’ and ‘Plans’ launching the band from relative unknowns into… well, lesser unknowns.
On Saturday, the first single from their new album ‘Narrow Stairs’ (released on May 16th) had it’s video premiere on their official site. The song is 8 and a half minutes of sheer bliss, although there is a radio edit which runs at about 4 (mainly due to the lack of vocals for 4 minutes in the album version). For those of you who can’t pinpoint where you’ve heard it before, the bassline is the same as the one playing alongside the video teaser for the new album on the official site.
The new album is definitely one of my most anticipated of 2008.. and I really doubt it’ll disappoint judging by their last two album. Oh.. and by the way, the image heading this blog-post is the official cover for the new album.
Anyways, enough waffle.. here’s the full un-edited video in it’s 8 and a half minute glory - enjoy!
A new video has been up on the Death Cab For Cutie official website revealing to visitors to the site that a new album is currently in production and will be released in May of this year. It has been up there for the past month or so but I was completely unaware until earlier this week but now that I do know - it’s without doubt the one album I’m most anticipating this year. Death Cab’s previous 2 albums, 2003’s ‘Transatlanticism‘ and 2005’s ‘Plans‘ were probably two finest albums of their career thus far.
The teaser video mentions 3 cities (Seattle, Portland and San Francisco) in which they’ve recorded the album in 3 seperate studios and also mentions ‘44 Days‘ (am unsure what this means as the album is still somewhat in production, according to Chris Walla anyways). And has a fantastic, unknown though unmistakable Death Cab backing-track running through it (with guitars, pianos and drums - none of Ben’s vocals however). And it finishes on a Ben Gibbard sound-bite: “I just don’t feel like we really have anything to prove of it other than to ourselves and to making a record we really enjoy.”
The title of the new album (their 7th studio album!!) is reported to be ‘Narrow Stairs’ which was revealed in this month’s copy of Spin Magazine (January 2008).
The teaser video (as I’ve described above) for the new album (as shown on the official website) has been “YouTubed” as can be watched below:
