Kicking off their third decade post-Barsuk, Death Cab continue their evolution in fascinating and rewarding ways, somehow managing to surprise with fresh directions and sounds yet unheard from this ever-reliable crew.
Death Cab for Cutie show their place in the indie rock pantheon on Asphalt Meadows while also producing music deserving of consideration with some of their best early work.
Death Cab for Cutie underscore their range and numerous eras on Asphalt Meadows. Uniting the past and the present, it’s the perfect mnemonic for this band’s legacy.
With Asphalt Meadows, they show us that, when the stars align, there’s still electricity to be found. And incidentally, that seems a fittingly optimistic and apt result of an album dedicated to the search for meaning.
Gibbard's freighted eloquence gives Asphalt Meadows its unsettling immediacy.
Swim against the tide of received wisdom and you will find much to love about Asphalt Meadows, that feels like success to me.
Even if the Cabbies never change their honeyed MOR tune, they tend to its depths and details with warming care.
I genuinely want to cry tears of joy right now.
Death Cab are a band that I discovered in middle school. "Cath" started playing on the radio while my mom was driving me to school, and something about their sound enchanted me. Their sorrowful, yet serene and relaxing indie rock sound just had a grip on me. I have so many wonderful memories tied to their 2000s work (and even some of Codes and Keys). WIth that in mind, you can imagine that I've been disappointed with their output over ... read more
As a big Death Cab fan, this is their best LP since the 00s. This feels like an accumulation of a lot of their expierments and shifts over the last 10 years but in a much more impactful way. The dynamics between their meloncholic beatiful atmospheres and the harsher distortion on certain tracks make this album feel more urgent. Overall, very pleased and the most sonically interesting death cab album in a minute
A short review: Death Cab For Cutie have always been a band that I’d never loved nor hated. A lot of people I know with great music taste do love them though so it’s time I gave Death Cab a chance.
I Don’t Know How I Survive: The guitar based verse1 into a dynamic chorus is nice, the second verse being more edm and keys based is interesting but the second chorus drags a little bit I do like the bridge and return to the intro at end, 8/10.
Roman Candles doesn’t really ... read more
great up until I Miss Strangers then has couple forgettable track up until the closer which is SO fucking different to what this album established, that i can't help but like it
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1 | I Don’t Know How I Survive 3:40 | 83 |
2 | Roman Candles 2:10 | 82 |
3 | Asphalt Meadows 4:05 | 79 |
4 | Rand McNally 4:06 | 73 |
5 | Here to Forever 3:46 | 83 |
6 | Foxglove Through The Clearcut 5:15 | 89 |
7 | Pepper 2:48 | 77 |
8 | I Miss Strangers 4:24 | 78 |
9 | Wheat Like Waves 3:38 | 75 |
10 | Fragments From the Decade 4:38 | 75 |
11 | I’ll Never Give Up On You 3:31 | 69 |
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#12 | / | Under the Radar |
#18 | / | MAGNET |
#24 | / | MondoSonoro |
#34 | / | Slant Magazine |
#37 | / | RIFF |
/ | Atwood Magazine |
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