Death Cab for Cutie #2

Why Death Cab for Cutie?

By Anne Marie Adams

I chose Death Cab for Cutie because I grew up listening to their music.  When I was little, my older brother and sister always played Death Cab for Cutie in the car.  I did not listen to them for quite a few years.  Then, out of the blue, about seven years later, my yoga instructor played their song “Passenger Seat” at the end of my yoga class.  By then I could actually understand what the words meant, and I fell in love with Death Cab for Cutie all over again.

Death Cab for Cutie’s music varies between indie rock, indie pop, and alternative.  I love their music because most of the songs have a slow, relaxing tempo accompanied by deep lyrics.  They give off a nostalgic vibe that makes me reminisce times when I was young or felt loved or felt alone.  For example, their song “Passenger Seat” that my yoga instructor played talks about looking out the car window and being amazed by the trees and the sky.  Then the person asks “do they collide?” they being the stars in the sky.  This creates a certain childlike innocence. Although the song only has about one hundred words, it is able to paint a picture in my mind of driving in a car and being amazed by my surroundings while feeling so loved by the people I am with. 

Passanger Seat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKmGJParYno

"8/11 Passenger Seat-Death Cab W/lyrics." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2015.