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Article: Indie stars Death Cab for Cutie get a major-label push
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- University Wire
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- August 23, 2005
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Jim Farber
University Wire
08-23-2005
(FSView & Florida Flambeau) (U-WIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- On the new album from Death Cab for Cutie, leader Ben Gibbard sings about sitting in a urine-stained intensive care unit, surrounded by ghostly vending machines, old magazines and death.
"Nervous pacers bracing for bad news / Then the nurse comes around and everyone will lift their heads," Gibbard sings. "Then, I'm thinking of what Sarah said, 'Love is watching someone die.'"
So detailed and unflinching a scenario -- relieved by a heartening twist -- epitomizes Gibbard's writing style. Despite their sometimes unpretty truths, Gibbard's songs have drawn hundreds of thousands of fans.
Since the ...
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... ... piano, and voice. Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard has that energy ... Somerville Theatre, Gibbard commented a few times ... whispery singalongs to Death Cab hits like the ultra ... was intent on giving Gibbard his space. Wisely ...
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