I agree with Anonymous. For someone to be writing for Rolling Stone and not consider the fact that the die hard fans, such as myself, in the first 15 rows had not already downloaded the leaked album and were just “enjoying the new material” is absurd.

I guess I would consider myself a “die-hard” Death Cab for Cutie fan. Although, people who have been into the band for years would consider me just another who jumped aboard after there major label debut. Either way, I recieved a copy of Narrow Stairs at my local mom-and-pop record store a few days before it was released. That night I went to the DCFC show in Boston and thought the new stuff was the strongest of the set. You could sense it was the material they were the most passoinate about playing. Narrow Stairs material also translates well into the live setting. It’s not all layers and layers and feedback and studio glitzy production. I was hoping to hear a lot of the Plans songs live. Six songs into the set they played an ungly version of Soul Meets Body and then false started on Your Heart Is an Open Room. So… I think it’s a good thing that the band is evolving and suprising the ear of the listeners. Take it from a Phishhead who endured the final years of his favorite band playing songs almost as old as I was. Bixbee Caynon, Grapevine Fires, Posses Your Heart, Cath…, Twin Sized bed are all great songs and they play well live. Some older songs completely caught me off gaurd. 405 was beautiful as well as Photobooth. Be thankful you got to hear them in their infant stages before the masses. Be thankful that Death Cab is a band that is evolving and not content on playing their greatest hits tour after tour.

REM. Like ‘em or not, Stipe and Co. helped lay the groundwork of a new sound in rock music. Go back 20 years and give a good listen to the music they produced. Far from putrid, despite a lack of relevant (sp?) work nowdays.

I was at the concert the first night in providence and thought it sucked that they played mostly new songs. There were a lot of die hard fans who did seem to have somehow managed to obtain the album, i think it will be a good album but i usually like to here music before seeing it live. Some girl standing next to me was actually crying through most of the concert and it appeared to be because she felt so strongly about the music, emo enough? She really pissed me off. The concert was enjoyable overall but i just don’t see why there are so many die hard death cab fans out there, especially to the point where they can be so over come with emotion that they cry through the whole concert.

Seriously… you really think the crowd had never heard the new album? Welcome to the 21st century, when it’s the diehard fans who are most likely to download a leaked album.

Sam’s subject matter leaves something to be desired.

Death Cab: Bad REM impersonators. Which is saying something because REM is putrid!

yeaaaaa sam!

:) Sweet! Sam Litwin