Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band is composed of Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper, and Zac Rae. Death Cab for Cutie rose from being a side project to becoming one of the most exciting groups to emerge from the indie rock scene of the ’00s. They have been nominated for eight Grammy Awards.
The group is currently on tour in support of its 2022 release, ‘Asphalt Meadows,’ which features the single “Roman Candles.” Asphalt Meadows received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on 16 reviews, indicating “universal acclaim.”
Death Cab for Cutie’s music has been labeled indie rock, indie pop, emo, and alternative rock. Death Cab for Cutie’s early work on ‘You Can Play These Songs with Chords’ was described by Rolling Stone as “emotion through its lack of emotion”.
Pitchfork also remarked that the work on the cassette was “ultra-lo-fi” On ‘Something About Airplanes‘ the band’s style remained similar, with some new instrumental work introduced; “flute, synth, or cello” were noted by AllMusic’s Nitsuh Abebe.
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