Death cab face the changing of the tide with ever present grace, and kintsugi is a testament to this in every way. Produced by rich costey bestknown for his work with kimbra, mew, muse, interpol, and chvrches kintsugi is also the last album death cab recorded with cofounding member chris walla, who announced he was leaving the band during the. All of the pieces of that made transatlanticisms highs so high are present. They believe that when something has suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful anon. Apr 02, 2015 kintsugi is death cab s first album without chris walla. Death cab for cuties eighth fulllength album, 2015s kintsugi, finds the group sliding further into the studio smoothness that marked 2011s codes and keys. Its been nearly four years since death cab for cutie released their last album, and a lot has changed for the band since most notably the departure of guitarist, producer, and. Death cab for cutie rose from being a side project to becoming one of the most exciting groups emerge from the indie rock scene of the 00s. Death cab for cuties new album thank you for today. First listen in advance of march 31st release marketwired march 23, 2015.
As the mandatory explanation that comes with death cab for cuties latest fulllength album goes. Mar 23, 2015 i first fell in love with death cab for cutie when i was a sophomore in high school. Desertion inseparable from its aftermath of recovery haunts kintsugi atlantic, the eighth album by death cab for cutie. Death cab for cutie are streaming their new album kintsugi online one week ahead of its official release march 30 listen below via npr.
Mar 26, 2015 d eath cab for cuties eighth release kintsugi is a strange sort of breakup album. There are moments of radioready bliss, a few songs. Album details death cab for cutie knew immediately that kintsugi would fit perfectly as the title of their eighth studio album. Listen free to death cab for cutie kintsugi no room in frame, black sun and more. Death cab for cutie is still strongly defined by gibbards words, and that couldnt be more evident in this beautifully stark performance, which also includes no room in frame from kintsugi, as.
Death cab for cutie is an american alternative rock band formed in bellingham, washington in 1997. Cups, chalices, mugs, dishes that are cracked are repaired with gold or silver lacquer. Listen to death cab for cuties new album kintsugi for free. If death cab for cuties 17year career has focused on a single overarching theme, its the process of growing up. Vinyl lp 180gvinyl lp, single sided, etched 180gcd all media album country. Teachings from the islamic mystical traditions and has a forthcoming book on the famed mystic rumi. That being said, kintsugi is not as compelling as some of death cab s earlier albums, but still a solid sound. With their latest effort, the washingtonbased trio sticks to the formula, offering up haunting and energetic melodies which always seems to serve gibbards masterful lyrical interpretations perfectly.
Get the new album from death cab for cutie kintsugi itunes. By repairing broken ceramics its possible to give a new lease of life to pottery that becomes even more refined thanks to its scars. Available now, pick up your copy of death cab for cuties new album kintsugi. Death cab for cutie perform from kintsugi cbc radio. Npr s first listen audio comes down after the album is released.
Plus death cab for cutie and more, all this week at 11pm. Instead, kintsugi is a very death cab for cutie album. Now this might sound as heresy, but i actually now only use food grade industrial epoxy and silver powder or gold leaf. As softly tuneful as ever, death cab for cutie chronicles the glum immediate aftermath of survival. Kintsugi by death cab for cutie 75678670480 cd barnes. Dec 17, 2016 the japanese art of kintsugi celebrates the notion of damage by focussing on the repair of the damaged or broken pottery by stitching the pieces together with mixed powdered gold, lacquer dusted gold, silver andor platinum. Death cab for cuties new album, thank you for today, comes out august 17. Kintsugi which follows 2011s grammy awardnominated codes and keys marks death cab for cuties first new album since the departure last year of founding guitaristkeyboardistproducer chris walla, who recorded the album. Japanese traditional art of kintsugi a celebration of. Death cab with tour in support of kintsugi later this year.
Two decades later, death cab for cutie wants to thank you for today. Gibbard took the band name from the satirical song death cab for. As robert kelly observes in his foreword, this is a text written in and through the very death it mourned. Death cab for cutie knew immediately that kintsugi would fit perfectly as the title of their eighth studio album. Ben gibbard sang, nick harmer played bass, and we wheeled in our piano for zac rae. On a string of marvelous records that span the 00s, and perhaps most famously on 2003s transatlanticism, singer ben gibbard has told a thoughtfully. Mar 27, 2015 kintsugi bears the makings of a great album, if death cab for cutie made great albums. There is an interview with a 27yearold kintsugi master, who explains how this works. The japanese art of kintsugi teaches that broken objects are not something to hide but to display with pride. There is whiskey in the water and there is death upon the vine there is fear in the eyes of your father and there is yours and there is mine there is a desert.
The band consists of ben gibbard vocals, guitar, piano, nicholas harmer bass, jason mcgerr drums, dave depper guitar and zac rae keyboards. Death cab for cutie stream new album kintsugi listen nme. Boygenius, death cab for cutie, npr world cafe, petal, the marcus king band, william bell. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as descri. Despite nearly two decades as a band, death cab for cutie have embarked on a new journey with their new album, kintsugi, their eighth fulllength. Kintsugi is death cab s first album without chris walla. Illuminating the beauty in our broken places the on being. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The band is composed of ben gibbard vocals, guitar, piano, nick harmer bass, dave depper guitar, keyboards, vocals, zac rae keyboards, guitar, and jason mcgerr drums the band was originally a solo project by gibbard.
Kintsugi is the eighth studio album by american indie rock band death cab for cutie, released on march 31, 2015, on atlantic records. Upon getting a record deal, he expanded the project. The band is composed of ben gibbard, nick harmer, jason mcgerr, dave depper, and zac rae. Atlanticthere is beauty in a failure, ben gibbard sings pensively on black sun, the lead single from death cab for cuties eighth studio. Apr 02, 2015 but on march 31, the band released kintsugi, and with its release, i was taken back to that initial adoration i had for death cab for cutie. Im not sure if kintsugi will win death cab for cutie any new fans necessarily, but their base will certainly be pleased with the product. Kintsugi by thomas meyer meet your next favorite book. Kintsugi is a bit of course correction, with wallas departure and gibbards recent divorce from zooey deschanel perhaps inspiring a return to the traits that first earned death cab success. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. As kelly suggests, the very rupture is what is highlighted. The album was nominated for best rock album at the 58th grammy awards. Kintsugi or kintsukuroi is the japanese art of using urushi lacquer, mixed with silver, gold, or metallic powders to repair broken pottery or porcelain. Death cab for cutie, kintsugi if death cab for cuties 17year career has focused on a single overarching theme, its the process of growing up and fumbling for connection.
Death cab for cutie is an american indie rock band formed in bellingham, washington in 1997. The album title refers to the japanese art of reassembling broken pottery and making the breakage part of the newly formed pot. Death cab for cutie good help is so hard to find duration. April 06, 2015 by bob boilen death cab for cutie came as a trio.
Death cab for cutie will release their ninth album thank you for today via atlantic this friday, august 17 just one day before the 20th anniversary of. Starts out a little flat, but really picks up by the 4th or 5th song. Catch them one of three nights at the paramount the first week of october. Kintsukuroi is also referred to as kintsugi, meaning golden repair. Omid is among the most frequently sought out speakers on islam in popular media, appearing in the new york times, newsweek, washington post, pbs, npr, nbc, cnn, bbc, and other international media. Listen to death cab for cuties new album kintsugi for. This method is very much similar to the makie technique of repairing ceramics. Illuminating the beauty in our broken places the on. The death cab for cutie thread page 5 dvd talk forum. Considering what we were going through internally, and with what a lot of the lyrics are about, it had a great deal of resonance for us the idea of figuring out how to repair breaks and make them a thing of beauty, says bassist nick harmer.
Kim said, please re up posted on april 17th, 2015 at 1. Kintsugi, an album by death cab for cutie on spotify. It was produced by rich costey, who has worked with muse and foster the people, and though it has been framed as a new beginning, little of. They have been nominated for eight grammy awards, including best rock album for their most recent release, 2015s kintsugi. Death cab began as a solo project of ben gibbard, now the bands vocalist and guitarist. Death cab for cutie is an american alternative rock band, formed in bellingham, washington, united states, in 1997. Nov 15, 2011 kintsugi is a japanese word meaning golden joinery, and it describes the practice of repairing pottery with gold lacquer. Urushi of mejiro, authentic urushi from japan kintsugirepair. Apr 02, 2015 death cab for cuties new album, kintsugi. First, it marks the departure of the bands guitarist and producer chris walla, and second, it sits in the. For me, nothing tops transatlanticism, plans, and we have the facts and were voting yes. Nprs first listen audio comes down after the album is. Chris wallas melodic guitar, ben gibbards longing vocals, driving darker synth notes, bitter and passive aggressive lyrics. Mar 10, 2015 revered indiepop band death cab for cutie drop by studio q to perform from their new record kintsugi, which some say might be their most emotionally honest and raw album to date.
This intimate set included two new songs including black sun, the first single from their new album kintsugi. Death cab for cutie, kintsugi march 22, 2015 if death cab for cuties 17year career has focused on a single overarching theme, its the process of growing up and fumbling for. It was produced by rich costey, who has worked with muse and foster the people, and though it has been framed as a. They have been nominated for eight grammy awards, including best. Death cab for cutie will release their new album kintsugi on march 31st through atlantic records. In kintsugi, thomas meyer has written an intimate elegy for his partner of nearly four decades. When the first four songs from the album were released weeks before kintsugis release, i was worried they had made the mistake of playing all their cards prematurely. Death cab for cutie kintsugi 2015, 180g, vinyl discogs. Feb 06, 2020 death cab for cutie is playing easy music now. Death cab for cutie black sun lyrics genius lyrics. Death cab for cutie, thank you for today by stephen thompson npr aug. Atlanticthere is beauty in a failure, ben gibbard sings pensively on black sun, the lead single from death cab. If 2015s kintsugi documented the sullen aftermath of a painful divorce.
Kintsugi marks death cab for cuties first new release since founding guitaristkeyboardistproducer chris walla announced his departure from the band just after completing work on the album. When the japanese mend broken objects they aggrandise the damage by filling the cracks with gold. What comes next, most likely, is the blush of renewal that follows so many doldrums of midstage. Music talk the death cab for cutie thread have listened to it a few times now, and enjoy it quite a bit. Death cab for cuties kintsugi album an official ranking.
Death cab for cutie black sun acoustic video youtube. I wore out my transatlanticism cd out and had to buy multiple copies from the wall and sam goody. Its a japanese style of art where they take fractured, broken ceramics and put them. News added jan 12, 2015 bassist nick harmer explains the records moniker. Tiny desk concert in a beautifully stark performance, the band plays two songs from the new kintsugi and two older favorites one from plans and one from transatlanticism. Grab it at your local record store on cd or gold vinyl. First listen in advance of march 31st release by published.