Death Cab for Cutie take center stage in this week’s New Music Report, as Senior Editor Michael Endelman takes a look at the group’s second major label outing Narrow Stairs. Click above for Endelman’s take on the band’s heavy, loose, raw new record.

• Review: Death Cab for Cuties’ Narrow Stairs

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