#codes and keys

[im-thinking-of-what-sarah-said]

Unpopular opinion apparently, but Codes and Keys is so good. You're gonna tell me you don't jam every time Codes and Keys (the song) comes on? Home is a Fire? Underneath the Sycamore? Doors Unlocked and Open? You are a Tourist leading into Unobstructed Views? Portable Television? I listened to Monday Morning every start of the week my Freshman-Sophomore year of highschool.

[the-writhing-south]

'Cause when you find yourself a villain / In the story you have written / It's plain to see / That sometimes the best intentions / Are in need of redemptions / Wouldn't you agree? / If so, please show me

[reddeststring]

‘Cause when she sings, I hear a symphony

And I'm swallowed in sound as it echoes through me

I'm renewed

Oh, how I feel alive

And through winter's advancing

We'll stay young, go dancing

[soulsoothingsounds]

Death Cab for Cutie - You Are A Tourist  (Codes and Keys 2011)

[theravenwhichcantfly-blog]

codes and keys, summarized

[nealjeff1]

Unpopular Opinion

Codes & Keys is the best Death Cab For Cutie album. I don’t care if it’s “too pop” or “too happy”. I love it, and it’s the closest thing to the second Postal Service album we never got. This is my opinion and I stand by it. Fight me.

[930club]

NEW TRACKS: Death Cab for Cutie – “Gold Rush”

Ever look at your hometown and remember how it used to be? Benjamin Gibbard, frontman of indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, knows that feeling all too well when it comes to his home city of Seattle. With Death Cab’s new album, Thank You for Today, out August 17, the band released the first single from it, titled “Gold Rush.” The single offers some familiar sounds from the band as well as a new direction that has fans and critics alike excited for the whole album. While Gibbard keeps the iconic rock sound from albums like Codes & Keys (2011) and Narrow Stairs (2008), he also mixes acoustic and electronic instruments to make this single unique in terms of the Death Cab discography.

The song opens with synth, slide guitar, and percussion, sounding hectic at first. Once Gibbard comes in with the chorus, though, the song settles into a great groove and sound. In it, he sings, “Digging for gold in my neighborhood / Where the old buildings stood / And they keeping digging it down and down,” which addresses the way hometowns change while you are away. Sometimes, the places one went to as a kid have turned into apartment complexes or mini-marts. This is what Gibbard references with lines like, “We kissed beneath the streetlamp light / Outside our bar near the record store / That have been condos for years or more.”

It sounds sad initially, but the upbeat orchestration makes you approach the song differently. While it is sometimes sad to see old things go, progression can also be good and lead to such things as more jobs and opportunities for new memories. The same can be said for the new sound of Death Cab for Cutie. While fans may miss the Narrow Stairs and Transatlanticism days, the new sound is a welcome change to their discography.

“Gold Rush” is a great first single for the band’s new album, Thank You for Today. They recently began their Fall 2018 tour, showing off the new single as well as some upcoming songs. You can catch Death Cab for Cutie at The Anthem on October 17. Don’t miss out on hearing this great single and other classic Death Cab hits live!

- Jacob Tracey  

Death Cab for Cutie plays The Anthem on October 17 — tickets available here.

[unending-night]

But some boys don't listen, some boys don't listen at all They don't ask for permission, they lack inhibitions No walls, and they get what they want