And if one pushes aside all times musings and doubts, then it must be acknowledged that at least for the listener everything must have been in good order until completion of the production, because Kintsugi may well compete with its acclaimed predecessors. Death Cab For Cutie included yes has always been one of the few bands that (by whatever circumstances) have come to the coveted secret formula for perfect pop songs, disk to disk, they presented devilishly catchy and gefühlige pieces that could one take your breath away, without to drown in kitsch and hollow pathos. And because there is no lack of new album: Whether the dark shimmering Black Sun, a tender love song as Hold No Guns, the beguiling ode to the childlike female innocence Ingenue or the longing commitment of Little Wanderer could easily tell all and would meet no wrong ,
Exactly how they do it, can only be surmised, Wallas guitar playing is his part as well as help Gibbards soft timbre and more generally the wily compositions. Electronics is used rather sparse as in the past albums, the pendulum is swinging in equal parts towards indie and rock and really hard the latter is only very rarely. Maybe they hit with their kind of songwriting permanently a nerve, a need for gentleness, thoughtfulness and a little romance. Gibbard himself sees the somewhat skeptical: One of the things about our band did is interesting is that, if you make a record That Has A Certain Kind of Impact at A Certain time in a persons life, it Becomes almost impossible to create that kind of moment again with the same listener (Stereogum). So far, at any rate them every time is that, in his opinion, in spite of successful why should it be different with this record ... mapambulo: blog