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DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE

Plans

Atlantic

PUSSYFOOTING

Indie rock's mainstream-diving heart-on-sleeve emo intellectuals water their top down

Besides Death Cab for Cutie-and Coldplay, and Raffi-has any other group taken the un-art of the inoffensive to such great heights? Not a single note, word, or tempo on Plans, the Seattle-based indie-rock quartet's major-label debut, dares goose the gander, get the goose, pickle the dill, what have you. In return for their caution, Death Cab have scored soundtrack gigs and magazine covers. Even for Spin they won't pull out the cock socks, though. Shit, these boys won't even wear polos without an undershirt.

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