Death Cab for Cutie

The Stability EP (Barsuk)
by Tim Den

Magnificent lucid-pop band plays it really quiet… walking away with a (surprisingly convincing) Björk cover and two stretched-out-like-taffy minimalist shoegazers. As always, top-notch lyrical exercises pepper the band’s melodic interplays, spitting out each metaphor like the last words of a dying man. Somber, affecting, moody stuff that shows an even darker side to the brilliance that is The Photo Album. Can this band do no wrong?
(PO Box 22546 Seattle, WA 98122)