Death Cab for Cutie - I Built You a Tower (June 5, 2026) Album • Page 4

Asphalt Meadows is the first full album I've liked of theirs since Narrow Stairs.

 

Thank You For Today rips.

Kintsugi, Codes and Keys--never clicked with me.

Asphalt Meadows very good.

 

Relistened to Asphalt Meadows and this is probably accurate. It's solid and interesting but doesn't really scratch the same itch as the earlier stuff for me. Still clears Kintsugi easily, it's really their only stinker

 

Welp, I like Kintsugi and Asphalt Meadows and this album a lot. Sorry guys.

 

Let me hear the new album I'll tell you if I like it, too

 

The first half of Kintsugi is strong enough that it would make up for the second half being anything other than affirmatively offensive

 

Narrow Stairs was almost 20 years ago Jesus Christ where did my life go

 

@Jason Tate do the I Built You a Tower a/b tracks feel like a company calls/company calls epilogue thing?

 

I doubt it but I would be so pleased

 

Woah brother, no need to prematurely round up like that.

 

I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back asleep for a couple hours. I ended up going down an early Death Cab music rabbit hole. Mannnnn there's something so cozy and nostalgic about those first couple albums. It's kind of funny too because I'm not even super familiar with those albums. But something about them really just feels so 2002 to me and they're really on a different level. Even hearing Ben trying to find his voice in those early albums is so pleasing to me.

 

Spoooooky! this was also me last night. Woke up at 3:50am

 

Haha I woke up at 3:30am

 

I like Ben's voice on the pre-Narrow Stairs albums like 10x more - I don't like that he technically became a better vocalist lol, it gives those earlier albums more character imo. Also like that they're more slowcore/emo-adjacent.

 

This thread is slowly killing me.

 

I prefer his voice pre-Narrow Stairs for sure.

if you dig the early stuff, be sure to check out the band The American Analog Set.

 

Falling down the early Death Cab rabbit hole continues. I don't think I've ever heard these before:

 

Vocalists who grew up and improved:
- Andy Hull, Justin Vernon, Geoff Rickley, Brandon Flowers

Vocalists who de-proved
- Conley, Bemis, Buddy Neilsen

Vocalists who somehow didn't change
- @williamryankey, Colin Meloy


Vocalists who are still good - just diff
- Gibbard, Havok, Kenny Vasoli, Sam Beam

 

This temporary life is one of the GOATs. I requested Ben play it every day during his daily covid sessions

 

I've tried at least ten times, or more, but I don't even remotely like anything before Transatlantisism

 

Not even "Title Track"???

 

This is a cool full pro-shot live set from 2002. Different drummer though, which is interesting.

 

This is absolutely how I feel as well

 

I would have to press play on that song to even know what it is

 

It's the first song in that live video I just posted, if you want a reminder.