Description
With songs equal to those on We Have the Facts and a lush, brilliant production that continues what The Photo Album started, Transatlanticism is easily Death Cab's best record to date. Much attention has duly been focused on doe-eyed singer/lyricist Ben Gibbard, co-star of the Postal Service phenomenon, and Ben's voice is as strange, beautiful, and as strong as ever on these songs, which deal with the difficulties of long-distance relationships. But guitarist/producer Chris Walla once again proves himself to be the band's secret weapon, layering subtle sonic touches throughout Transatlanticism, which is most definitely a "headphone record." This Seattle quartet is one of the only bands to really have picked up the intelligent, emotionally resonant, and guitar-driven indie-pop torch that Built to Spill briefly lit in the mid-1990s (before themselves heading off to the stoner-rock territory). DCFC themselves seem poised to finally break out to a wider audience, and they truly deserve it with this disc.
Tracklist:
- New Year, The
- Lightness
- Title and Registration
- Expo '86
- Sound of Settling, The
- Tiny Vessels
- Transatlanticism
- Passenger Seat
- Death of an Interior Decorator
- We Looked Like Giants
- Lack of Color, A
UPC: 655173103227
Label: Barsuk
Release Date: 10.7.03
Format: CD
