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Plans is the fifth studio by band Death Cab for Cutiereleased August 30, on . Although "I Will Follow You into the Dark" performed poorly in the charts compared to the previous singles, it eventually became Death Death Cab for Cutie for Cutie's best-selling single to-date, and gained a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals the following year. Plans peaked at number four on the Billboardand received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America on February 28, The album was recorded across the period of a month at a rural farmhouse studio located in North BrookfieldMassachusetts. The location was described by lead singer Ben Gibbardas being "virtually in the middle of nowhere", the sort of place "a label sends a band if the singer's a junkie and they need to get him away from the bad things in the city", adding the location having Death Cab for Cutie advantage that the band Death Cab for Cutie able to "spread out while recording", which Gibbard stated was "really nice". Plans was the first full-length album by the band not largely recorded in their native . McGerr stated "if was an inhale, Plans is the exhale. In explaining the theme of the album, stated Death Cab for Cutie don't think there's necessarily a story, but there's definitely a theme here. One of my favorite kind of dark jokes is, 'How do you make God laugh? You make a plan. A plan almost always has a happy ending. Essentially, every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time. I really like the idea of a plan not being seen as having definite outcomes, but more like little wishes. Plans received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacriticwhich assigns a normalized rating out of to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, indicating "generally favorable reviews. Club ' s Josh Modell wrote that the band "wears grandiosity with grace, miniaturizing and polishing big, broad moments into tiny triumphs that, like audible illusions, feel simultaneously intimate and huge. In a mixed assessment, Betty Clarke of felt that Plans was at times "unconvincing", but that when Death Cab for Cutie "wrestles with big questions in smaller ways, he makes magic. Ben Gibbard overheard a conversation between a red haired woman he only knew as Ashley Renee and a man. She expressed her frustration of people in Death Cab for Cutie life not understanding her passions, emotions and love for life. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Death Cab for Cutie. indie rock . Atlantic Barsuk. Retrieved May 22, . Mix Magazine. Archived from the original on April 27, Retrieved July 26, Blender 41 : Archived from the original on August Death Cab for Cutie, Retrieved January 20, . Archived from the original on August 30, Retrieved July 9, The Guardian. The Irish Times. Retrieved April 15, Times. NME : August 27, Retrieved February 19, Q : October Death Cab for Cutie Alternative Press : Archived from the original on November 4, The Death Cab for Cutie. Archived from the original on November 1, Retrieved November 24, Uncut : The Village Voice. August 17, Hung Medien. Retrieved August 9, GfK Entertainment Charts. Music Canada. Retrieved August 28, British Phonographic Industry. Select in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 17, Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Transatlanticism Plans Gibbard, . Total length:. . Freedy Johnston. Death Cab for Cutie | Members, Songs, & Facts | Britannica

It was included on their album Gorilla. Innes's inspiration for the Death Cab for Cutie was the title of a story in an old American pulp fiction crime magazine he came across at a street market. In the style of several early teenage tragedy songssuch as " Teen Angel ", it tells a story of youthful angst. Stanshall, as lead singer, details Cutie's doomed journey, to the sound of a piano and surging saxophones, while the Bonzo chorus warns: "Baby, don't do it The song became one of the Bonzo Dog Band's better-known numbers when it was featured in ' television film Magical Mystery Tour. Performed in a stage routine by the Bonzos, it accompanied a striptease act, performed by Jan Carson of the Raymond Revuebarwho was enthusiastically ogled by club customers including John Lennon and George Harrison. Paul McCartney had coaxed Stanshall into wearing a pink chiffon scarf to look more "trendy". The band appeared regularly on the show—a so-called children's programme which Death Cab for Cutie Palin, Eric Idle and other later-famous comedians. The Death Cab for Cutie is also referenced on the Culture Club album Waking Up with the House on Firein the song "Crime Time", which is a throwback to the early rock 'n' roll sound. The title also occurs in Richard Hoggart 's book The Uses of Literacy Death Cab for Cutie, a pioneering work in the cultural studies field that discusses British popular culture. Ben Gibbard used the title of the song as the name of the rock band he founded in From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the band that took its name from the song, see Death Cab for Cutie. Retrieved 13 October Magical Mystery Tour Revisited" at bbc. Google Books. Retrieved 18 December Death Cab for Cutie Time Out . Retrieved 26 August Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. And Win! Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Italiano Edit links. and . Gerry BronLyn Birkbeck. Death Cab for Cutie discography - Wikipedia

The band was originally a solo project by Gibbard, who expanded the project into a complete group upon getting a record deal. The band's fourth album, 's Transatlanticismbroke into the mainstream both critically and commercially; its songs were featured in various TV series and films. The band's major label debut for Atlantic Records's Death Cab for Cutiewent platinum. Their Death Cab for Cutie and latest studio album, Thank You for Todaywas released in August Death Cab for Cutie's music has been classified as indie rockindie popand alternative rock. It is noted for its unconventional instrumentation and for Gibbard's distinctive voice and lyrical style. Alongside their full-length studio albums, the band has released four EPstwo live EPs, one live albumand one demo album. Death Cab for Cutie began in as a solo project by Ben Gibbard when he was a guitarist for the band Pinwheel. He recorded under Death Cab for Cutie name All-Time Quarterback. The release was surprisingly successful, and he decided to expand the project into a band, hiring who worked on the cassette on guitar, Nick Harmer on bass guitar, and on drums. Lyrics from early songs include local references that were important to the band's development. The four released their debut album, Something About Airplaneson August 18, Death Cab for Cutie album was reviewed favorably by the independent music press. Kurland had heard the band praised, and after a failed attempt to see them perform at South by Southwest he met them while touring with a client. Nathan Good left the band during the making of the album and was replaced briefly by Jayson Tolzdorf-Larson. Gibbard played drums on the majority of the album, with Good's playing on "The Employment Pages" and "Company Calls Epilogue" kept on the final release. He also joined the band on two tours, including their first full tour of the United States. Limited editions of this album contained three bonus tracks, which were later released separately as The Stability Death Cab for Cutie. In there was yet another change of drummer with Jason McGerrwho had previously played in the band Eureka Farm with Gibbard and Harmer, joining the band. McGerr's debut came with the band's next release, their fourth album Transatlanticism[11] which was released in October A tenth- anniversary version containing demos and outtakes was released in It was released on in March. Death Cab for Cutie had been contacted by major labels on-and-off for several years, but it was only after the proven success of Transatlanticism that they decided to start talking to labels about a potential deal. The fact that they had already achieved considerable success allowed the band to negotiate with a lot of creative freedom. The band released their fifth studio album and debut major-label release, Planson August 30,to critical and commercial success. The videos were Death Cab for Cutie one at a time at the band's website, and the DVD went Death Cab for Cutie sale April 11, The iTunes Store began selling the videos formatted for iPod early on March 28, Lance BangsP. An episode of MTV2 's Subterranean played these videos for the whole hour, plus discussion with members of the band. Walla claimed on October 18,that a new album was "in full swing" and that they had six songs completed. Walla said, "I'm really excited about it. It's really got some teeth. The landscape of the thing is way, way more lunar than the urban meadow sort of thing that has been happening for the last couple of records. Their sixth Death Cab for Cutie album, Narrow Stairswas released on May 12, The second single, Death Cab for Cutie Cath In an album review, MTV writer James Montgomery said "Narrow Stairs is a great album, one that could make them very famous, but could very well also kill their careers," and although "Death Cab for Cutie had gone insane," he believed the LP could be "an early contender for the Death Cab for Cutie album of The band lost in both categories, but prompted debate after appearing at the ceremony sporting blue ribbons to protest against what they view as the excessive use of Auto-Tune in the music industry. Though the album achieved strong success, Gibbard went on to call it the band's most Death Cab for Cutie record". The band's seventh album, Codes and Keyswas released on May 31, The track list for the album was released on Death Cab for Cutie's website on March 15, The first single from the album, " ", was released on March 29, The song's was their first ever live, scripted, one-take music video shoot: the group streamed a live performance of the music video as it was being recorded on April 5, The video was accomplished in a single take, using multiple cameras, and Death Cab for Cutie edits or re-takes. The production employed dancers, actors, and projected images. The band released the video for the song "Home is a Fire" on May 9,featuring street artist Shepard Fairey plastering lyrics from the song around Los Angeles. The band was due to play at the Ottawa Bluesfest on July 17,but the outdoor stage collapsed earlier in the evening after sudden severe weather hit the area. On October 11,they began working on their eighth studio album, produced by . If that record turned anybody off, I feel pretty strongly that this one could win them back. There are threads in this one that connect back to our earliest stuff that people love. Included within the packaging was a code for a digital download of the recording. On August 13,after 17 years as a member of Death Cab for Cutie, guitarist and Chris Walla decided to part ways with the band, with his last performance occurring on September 13, at the Rifflandia Music Festival in Victoria, British Columbia. Even though he's played his last show with us, he's still been involved in everything involving this record. On January 12,the band officially announced the album, titled Kintsugi Death Cab for Cutie, which was released on March 31, The album was the first since Gibbard's highly-publicized divorce from actress Zooey Deschanelwhich is believed to have Death Cab for Cutie a Death Cab for Cutie influence on several of the album's songs. In Octoberthe band announced the release of a new standalone single, entitled " ". The song, intended to be a protest song against Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trumpwas released as a part of a campaign entitled 30 Days, 30 Songsin which a previously unreleased song by a different artist was put out each day. Kintsugi, the name of the album, means " Noun To repair with gold; The art of repairing metal with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken. On November 17,the band announced via Instagram that they had begun work on a new studio album due in The album was released on August 17, It is the band's first album without Chris Walla, and the first album to feature Depper and Rae. was also featured on the album, contributing vocals on "Northern Lights". On the same day, they also released the first single from the EP, "Kids in Death Cab for Cutie, whose lyrics are loosely based on the Olympic Pipeline explosion. Death Cab for Cutie's music has Death Cab for Cutie labeled indie rock[2] [3] [65] indie pop[2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] and alternative rock. called them a "gentle niche" in the current rock climate, compared with bands such as and . Rolling Stone reviewed Transatlanticism and commented that it contained "melodic, melancholy songs about feeling both smart and confused, hopelessly romantic but wary of love. In an interview with Shave MagazineBen Gibbard commented on his song writing saying that he "never sit[s] down to write an album number one. I just kind of sit down and write songs and the theme kind of makes itself apparent. But I would never say I was writing about searching for something as much as just trying to document with every song where I am in that moment when I'm writing that song. If a theme kind of makes itself apparent in a record, it has more to do with the fact that just what's been on my mind recently. So I guess Death Cab for Cutie I have been and was and am, but it was never a conscious decision. The song is a track on the Bonzo's debut album, Gorillaand was performed by them in the Beatles film Magical Mystery Tour. The title was originally that of a story in an old pulp fiction crime magazine that Innes came across in a street market. In a interview, Gibbard stated, "The name was never supposed to be something that someone was going to reference 15 years on. So yeah, I would absolutely go back and give it a more obvious name. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alternative rock [1] [2] indie rock [2] [3] indie pop [2] [4] [5] emo [6] [7] [8]. Main article: Transatlanticism. Main article: Narrow Stairs. Main article: . Main article: Kintsugi album. Main article: . This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. 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