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Post by 95-7 Ben FM on Nov 27, 2004 8:34:57 GMT -5
A friend of mine is totally obsessed with this band. In fact, I looked at his Top 25 personal chart and it contained 12 songs from DCFC (most songs by one act I've seen on a chart, next to Hilary Duff on Radio Disney)
Who is this band? Do they have any singles that would be appropriate for CHR? What format would they best fit with? Are they, by any chance, from a country other than the United States?
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Post by friday on Nov 27, 2004 21:48:38 GMT -5
Death Cab is an alternative band from Seattle. They're really big here and had a couple local hits with "The New Year" and "The Sound of Settling". They'd fit best on alternative, although Ben Gibbard's (the lead singer) voice might be catchy enough on a few songs for them to have success on CHR/Pop.
In my opinion, "The New Year" is a really excellent song in terms of lyrics and mood, and I'd highly recommend checking it out. I don't care for "The Sound of Settling" nearly as much, but you can check that out too if you'd like. They've released a couple albums including their last one "Transatlanticism" and they also did an acoustic concert for KNDD, the alternative station here in Seattle.
Ben also fronts a side project called The Postal Service, which scored a minor top 50 hit earlier this year on alternative with "Such Great Heights". Although, KNDD has played it around since May 2003. They also did a really cool cover of Phil Collins' "Against All Odds", but unfortunately I've only heard it once. Usually people who like Death Cab like The Postal Service since they sound very similar, so you might want to check them out as well.
Hope this has been helpful. :)
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Post by thedualityofman on Nov 28, 2004 13:57:49 GMT -5
Death Cab For Cutie are one of the best bands to come around in a while. Their Transatlanticism album is in my opinion THE best album of 2003.
Chances are though that they will get some sort of airplay with the next album. The only problem is though is that they signed to Atlantic, so I stress, some sort of airplay. Regardless of what label they're on though, I expect success. I predict that they'll go top 5 on alternative with the first single off of the next album if its any bit as good as Transatlanticism.
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Post by friday on Nov 28, 2004 14:36:29 GMT -5
Well, if Atlantic gives them a push, then yeah they should do well. I'm just concerned about the quality of their next singles. "The New Year" proves to me they can create some excellent, deep songs, but "The Sound of Settling" makes me skeptical about how often they can do it. Obviously, this album will have much more production than "Transatlanticism", which should greatly influence how good their instrumentals will be. So to me, it's all up in the air.
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Post by thedualityofman on Nov 29, 2004 7:49:03 GMT -5
Well, it all depends really. Ben and the people he makes music with, whether it be Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service or many other bands, are of the belief that a major label is nothing more than a way to get the music out to the people. For the most part, I think it will stay that way.
Nothing that Death Cab For Cutie does will change. Or atleast to the extint of Dashboard Confessional, or any band like that.
And personally, I love The Sound Of Settling, as much as I do the rest of the album. Its a very cleverly written song, a little shorter than I like songs to be, but its a great song.
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Post by Slinky on Nov 29, 2004 13:51:01 GMT -5
I am a big fan of the Postal Service album, but I really can't get into Death Cab, though I do like "The New Year". It might be because I heard the Postal Service album first, and absolutely love the production on it. So when I hear Death Cab, it sounds like there's something missing.
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Post by thedualityofman on Nov 29, 2004 14:12:13 GMT -5
It has to be the electronic blips and atmosphere that The Postal Service use. Death Cab For Cutie's main difference is that they rely much more on conventional instruments than computers.
The other difference that can factor greatly at times is that The Postal Service is mainly a collaboration between Ben Gibbard and Dntel. Death Cab For Cutie is a band that's been doing it's thing for some time (Transatlanticism is their 3rd or 4th cd).
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