RadDonut Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Article up on Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/death-cab-for-cutie-new-album-title-20150112 "The album's called Kintsugi," bassist Nick Harmer says. "It's a Japanese style of art where they take fractured, broken ceramics and put them back together with very obvious, real gold. It's making the repair of an object a visual part of its history. That resonated with us as a philosophy, and it connected to a lot of what we were going through, both professionally and personally. "In the West, if you break an heirloom, you either throw it away or you make the repair as invisible as possible," he continues. "But there's this artistic movement in Japan where the repair of it, the damage of it, is more important as part of the history of something than repairing it to its original state." In other words, Gibbard, Harmer and drummer Jason McGerr are making no attempt to hide their history with Walla. Instead, they've made it a part of this new chapter. "This is an opportunity for the band to become something it could only become by losing a founding member," Gibbard says. "It's our goal to make records that rank amongst the best work we've ever done. I completely respect and understand why people love Transatlanticism or We Have the Facts… or Narrow Stairs. And I would hope that as we move forward, people listen with as little prejudice as they can and try to hear the music for what it is and not what they want it to be." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derby625 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Oooooh [and I mean it sincerely. I like dcfc] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVHX Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 i'm very excited for this. I cant wait to hear the first song! i dont expect them to, but it would be awesome if they had a colored variant for this. probably will just be 180g black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fondfarewell Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 They should jump on some of those RAA "Mended With Gold" variants for this. turnstiles and tape 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 !!!! although i was hoping to go a LITTLE further into 2015 without preordering something lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I haven't bought a DCFC album since plans. I'm definitely slightly intrigued, but I would never blindly preorder a DCFC album at this point. Interested to hear it in march, though. sacredheart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordalsh Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 yesss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoughtsky Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Fuckin excited! Didn't expect this so early this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tape Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 sounds pretty exciting. can't wait to hear the product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oilerguy Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 They should jump on some of those RAA "Mended With Gold" variants for this. Just what I was thinking...that one turned out beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkinglot Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 They should jump on some of those RAA "Mended With Gold" variants for this.The RAA was inspired by the same art form, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVHX Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 who his releasing this? barsuk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I haven't bought a DCFC album since plans. I'm definitely slightly intrigued, but I would never blindly preorder a DCFC album at this point. Interested to hear it in march, though. Did you give Narrow Stairs a try? There's a number of standout tracks that rank amongst some of their best. It's not as good as We Have The Fact, Trans or Plans but it's got a few good songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oilerguy Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 The RAA was inspired by the same art form, actually. Yah so weird... also Hey Rosetta's 'Kintsukuroi'. Maybe a memo went out to all artists telling them to go with this theme?? :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Did you give Narrow Stairs a try? There's a number of standout tracks that rank amongst some of their best. It's not as good as We Have The Fact, Trans or Plans but it's got a few good songs. i only liked a couple songs. didn't think it was worth the vinyl purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just a normal guy kevin Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Maybe this will be their angry punk rock record. ajismetal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niblips Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Maybe this will be their angry punk rock record.this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noalarmplanet Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I find at least something unique and interesting about everything they have ever done. Codes and Keys is probably my least favorite but I can't wait for this. Still one of my favorite all time bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpazzyMcGee Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I came into dcfc after narrow stairs and like all the jangly guitar. Then when c&k came out, it ended up being one of my favorites to listen to that summer. All this before listening to their previous albums. I've listen as far back as the photo album but I get enough enjoyment out of them to buy it without heading something first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredheart Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I didnt realize Walla left. What is the story with that? DCFC has lost their blind album purchase from me, but I am intrigued to hear what it will be like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTrail Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Walla is still on this record; it was written and recorded with him. He left after it was completed. He stated he just wanted to move on. There's a lengthy interview I'll try to find a link to. Edit: Not too lengthy after all, nor is it really an interview. Straight from the horse's mouth, though. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/08/13/why-im-leaving-death-cab-for-cutie-by-chris-walla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitvinyl Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 who his releasing this? barsuk? They've been signed to Atlantic since 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David The Gnome Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Fully expecting a 2xLP; 3 songs per side with one side having 2 songs. Will play it once and never again just like Codes and Keys. RadDonut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juturna90 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 well it does say in the article that walla is still a contributing musician. Just sounds like he won't be touring or anything further. Still really excited for this album and hope they announce a tour soon too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aju2streets Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Pretty excited for this. 2015 is shaping to be an amazing for for northwestern indie rock. They do it best up there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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