A great article covered by NPR. In lieu of the 10th anniversary album release, NPR is streaming Death Cab For Cutie’s ‘Transatlanticism’. For many, this album is the very definition of nostalgia; reminders of first loves and heartbreaks, first kisses and disses. The whole album is beautifully mastered, beautifully written, and beautifully reminiscent of younger days.
A personal favorite on the album is the album song 'Transatlanticism’. Ben Gibbard, King Poet and lexicographer of metaphors, explains the distancing of two people as the separation of two islands. “I need you so much closer” is repetitively sung in a soft and almost infinite request as the song concludes.
Another favorite is the album closer, 'A Lack of Color’. With verses like "If you feel discouraged that there’s a lack of color here, please don’t worry lover, it’s really bursting at the seams, absorbing everything, spectrums A to Z“, the guys at Death Cab for Cutie seem to understand the twists and turns between human and life.
Thank you NPR for a trip down memory lane. Thank you Death Cab for Cutie for this beautiful and life changing album.