This Saturday, I will (hopefully) be seeing Death Cab for Cutie perform live at the Trocadero in Philly, as part of their "small venue" tour. My friends said that they want to stand so close to the front that they can "touch Ben Gibbard's beard." We appreciate his musical Godliness.
Also performing with the legendary Death Cab is The Lonely Forest, whom I've played on the blog here before. I hadn't head of The Lonely Forest before I found out they would be performing with Death Cab, but I'm glad I've listened to them. They've got a great sound, with meaningful lyrics. Excellent stuff.
In other news, Death Cab's new album, "Codes and Keys" came out today. Get it while it's hot, because it is fantastic!
Enjoy the music! :)
--Post Update- 6/5/11
The DCFC concert yesterday was great. My brother, my friend, and I got in line starting at 1:30 pm (doors didn't open until 7!) and we endeavored to be in the front row. When we were in the middle of eating our packed lunches at 2:30-ish in front of the Troc, Nick Harmer, DCFC's bassist, came out & saw us sitting there and came over and talked to us! He shook our hands and everything! It was pretty cool. We also made some new friends while waiting for so long.
In short, we were in the front row, directly in front of the center mic where Ben Gibbard sang. It was definitely a memorable experience. Death Cab even played "Stay Young, Go Dancing"!
"Stay Young, Go Dancing" (which can be found in a post of the same title here at KSG) is a beautiful song written for Gibbard's wife, Zooey Deschanel. Deschanel, who is also musically gifted, is the "she" of "She and Him" (the "him" is singer M. Ward). All I can say is that Gibbard and Deschanel's children (please tell me there will be children!) will have the voices of angels and will be lyrical geniuses.
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