About Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie's rise from small-time solo project to Grammy-nominated rock band is one of indie rock's greatest success stories. Launched in the bayside college town of Bellingham, Washington, the group was originally a side project for singer/guitarist Ben Gibbard, an engineering student at Western Washington University who split his time between school and music. Taking a break from his local power pop band, Pinwheel, Gibbard began recording an album's worth of solo material during the summer of 1997. Producer Chris Walla lent his help to the sessions, which resulted in an eight-song cassette entitled You Can Play These Songs with Chords. When the tape became a local hit, Gibbard reached into his circle of friends to form a band, hoping to play the new songs live. Bassist Nick Harmer (Gibbard's roommate) and drummer Nathan Good climbed aboard, and Walla enlisted as the band's primary guitarist (he would also go on to produce most of the band's future releases). With a lineup now in place, Gibbard's group rechristened itself Death Cab for Cutie (named after a song by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) and signed a contract with the Seattle-based Barsuk Records within a year's time.
The quartet made its studio debut with 1998's Something About Airplanes, an album that featured several re-recorded tracks from the You Can Play These Songs with Chords cassette as well as a dreamy, pop-oriented sound reminiscent of Built to Spill. Gibbard and Walla both continued to pursue their own projects (including Gibbard's successful stint with the Postal Service), but that didn't keep Death Cab for Cutie from returning to the studio for a second album, We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, which appeared in 2000. Nathan Good left the group just prior to the album's completion, and We Have the Facts introduced Michael Schorr as Death Cab's new drummer. The Forbidden Love EP arrived that same year, while a third full-length effort, The Photo Album, was released in 2001. By this time, a sizable audience had gathered around the band's emotional music, and Barsuk re-released You Can Play These Songs with Chords in 2002 with ten additional songs.

Albums list:
Death Cab for Cutie - Asphalt Meadows (Mastered)
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys (Deluxe Version)
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (Bonus Video Version)
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (Mastered)
Death Cab for Cutie - Something About Airplanes
Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album
Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album (Deluxe Edition)
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (Mastered)
Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
Death Cab for Cutie - You Can Play These Songs With Chords
Death Cab for Cutie - You Can Play These Songs With Chords (Mastered)
Death Cab for Cutie - iTunes Originals - Death Cab for Cutie

EPs & Singles list:
Death Cab for Cutie - Directions (M4V)
Death Cab for Cutie - The Blue - EP (Mastered)
Death Cab for Cutie - The Forbidden Love EP
Death Cab for Cutie - The Stability EP
Death Cab for Cutie - Crooked Teeth - EP
Death Cab for Cutie - The Open Door - EP
Death Cab for Cutie - An Arrow In The Wall - Single

Singles list:
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys (Yeasayer Remix) - Single
Death Cab for Cutie - Doors Unlocked and Open (Cut Copy Remix) - Single
Death Cab for Cutie - Underneath the Sycamore (Dillon Francis Remix) - Single
Death Cab for Cutie - You Are a Tourist (The 2 Bears Remix) - Single
Death Cab for Cutie - You Are a Tourist - Single
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