August 19, 2008
It sucks that I sometimes think Lil Wayne is a better songwriter than Ben Gibbard. That is, “Someday You Will Be Loved” is a god-awful song while “Mrs Officer” is far more interesting. I don’t know. People say that you grow out of Death Cab but maybe they outgrew me. I don’t care how many zillion copies of Narrow Stairs they sold, I can’t get behind it. There is something missing. In fact, when I talked to Franklin about it, I decided that CW must have been unconscious through the entire record-making process. Let’s just put on Facts and call it a day. It’s hard for me to write that because my love for DCfC has been so pure, so relentless for so long but that’s what happened. I still think CW is a genius, though/of course.
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August 19, 2008 at 3:49 am
It’s not necessarily one outgrowing the other, it’s just growing in opposite directions – I think. I’ve listened to Narrow Stairs a couple of times, and there are maybe two songs that stick out for me as being decent. I actually had the record for a couple of weeks before I even listened to it.
I’ve been far more interested in Girl Talk, tbh. I can’t stop listening to it.
August 20, 2008 at 5:59 am
I know just what you mean. I actually thought that Narrow Stairs was pretty good all things considered, but it just wasn’t the same for me. Maybe it’s just that Death Cab was a such a huge part of a very specific time of my life and it’s strange to have them keep doing new things and changing beyond the confines of that time period.
I’m not sure if that even made sense…