Reveille Mag: Warp + Weft: A Death Cab for Cutie Retrospective: The release of a new album by a band is always a good excuse for a look back on their catalog. Narrow Stairs seems destined for a lukewarm reception from the critical blogosphere—with the exception of the superlative “Long Division” and despite a much higher guitar-to-piano ratio than 2005’s Plans, Death Cab for Cutie has not returned to the leaner days of The Photo Album. Instead, they continue to work with lusher arrangements and often more electronic instruments (and even a tabla on “Pity and Fear”), and Ben Gibbard continues to work the seams that separate everyday life from greater truth.
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