Article: Death Cab Makes Push for the Big Time

JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment Writer
AP Online
08-30-2005
Dateline: NEW YORK


The band Death Cab For Cutie, from left, Jason McGerr(drums), Chris Walla (guitar/keyboards), Nick Harmer (bass) and Ben Gibbbard(guitar and vocals), pose in New York's Central park on August 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)

The sensitive, polite, nice guys that are Death Cab for Cutie were reared in the Seattle area during the heyday of grunge.

Though their name might suggest a hard edge, for eight years Death Cab has been building a following with gentle, introspective pop. Far from brash and loud anti-heroes, they are, as guitarist Chris Walla says, more a reaction to their hometown's fabled era.

Their punk ...

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