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Death Cab For Cutie: The Sound Of Settling

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With a Blink 182 tour support slot in the bag, what better a time is there for Death Cab For Cutie to go all pop-punk on us and release a single that's the aural equivalent of a 15-year-old baggy panted skate kid?

...don't be so silly...

'The Sound Of Settling' is DCFC by numbers. With most bands this would make for an average at best reception, but since the Seattle quartet are so good, this still skins pretty much every other single released on the same day. It's lush, basically. Vocalist Ben Gibbard's got a hunger, and it's twisting his stomach into knots. Chances are that's not hunger, but nerves.

Those Blink kids are gonna hate 'em.

  • Death Cab For Cutie 7 / 10
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Death Cab For Cutie - The Sound Of Settling

I love the "Bu-bah!" bits on this song... they make me all happy and stuff.
dale | 16 Aug '04, 14:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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does anyone know about bisides? seems to be beyond my meagre internet searching skills to find out.
benrith | 16 Aug '04, 15:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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styrofoam plates obv. the best dcfc song.
breadfan | 16 Aug '04, 15:14 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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the 7" has them doing a Smith's song.
This Charming Man.. I think

The CD has a song from an older album - 'styrofoam plates' and a radio session 'lightness'.

I think
GarethD | 16 Aug '04, 16:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The Smiths cover was meant to go on that punkrawk tribute rekkid. It was on the early promos.
But got cut.
Dunno why.
Mike_Diver | 16 Aug '04, 16:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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bit disappointing on the b-sides front then - i'm certainly not buying the cd for songs i already own. would buy the 7" if i had a record player
benrith | 16 Aug '04, 16:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Death Cab For Cutie - The Sound Of Settling

It's on an American CD reissue of their "You Can Play These Songs With Chords" mini-album. In fact, most of the b-sides from the UK singles have been pillaged from that album, thankyouverymuch Fierce Panda.
guntrip | 17 Aug '04, 10:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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the smiths cover i have that album on my zen the smiths cover is amazin its like thee good song writing and tune of the smiths without stupid annoying morrissey.
breadfan | 17 Aug '04, 02:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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has anyone heard the d.c cover of the 'cure - friday im in love'
its pretty good. so far ive only been able to find a live version of it though
easy_rob | 17 Aug '04, 11:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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No but I have heard their cover of Bjorks All Is Full Of Love and its awesome.
rivalschools | 30 Aug '04, 17:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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http://www.dcfc-tour.net/dcfc-mp3s.htm
enjoy. they rotate them so i guess the bjork cover will be on there sometime.
friday im in love is on there at the moment.
easy_rob | 30 Aug '04, 18:10 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Death Cab For Cutie - The Sound Of Settling

this song is great, it just makes me happy!
that cover of this charming man is great, when the smiths played it it was kind of boring and dragged on by morrissey's singing but its all upbeat and happy. i love it.
lizzis_giving_up | 23 Aug '04, 10:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Death Cab For Cutie - The Sound Of Settling

I'm digging this. I'll probably buy it seeing as everyone's always on about 'Styrofoam Plates' and I've never really listened to this band before.

I'm also certain people I know going to see Blink will not like this at all. But then the people I know going to Blink have attention spans shorter than my fingernails.
Effloresce_Sean | 25 Aug '04, 18:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Death Cab For Cutie - The Sound Of Settling

Styrofoam plates - amazing song, but possibly the shittest concept/lyrics for a song ever, especially as the lyrics aren't true..
Mystery_White_Boy | 26 Aug '04, 23:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Death Cab For Cutie - The Sound Of Settling

can't believe the hype over styrofoam plates. love the photo album, but that song is one i skip almost every time. the brilliance of i was a kaleidoscope just completely eclipses styrofoam plates which follows it. it could only ever be disappointing following that tune.
teardrop | 29 Aug '04, 15:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply