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    Eric Schneider favorited and reviewed The Photo Album
    
    This is one of the most underrated albums by Death Cab, but easily becoming one of my favorites. This is one of the only bands that I successfully went backwards with in terms of their album... more
    
    This is one of the most underrated albums by Death Cab, but easily becoming one of my favorites. This is one of the only bands that I successfully went backwards with in terms of their album chronology. With inspiring lyrics in songs like "Why You'd Want to Live Here", to unique instrumentals in songs like "Blacking Out The Friction", this album is way ahead of it's time and an absolutely phenomenal precursor to the upcoming "Transatlanticism" and "Plans". This is a band that just keeps on growing and never stops.
    
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    Steven Keller liked and reviewed The Photo Album
    
    The Photo Album by Death Cab for Cutie is easily one of my favorite albums that they have released
    
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    Jessy favorited and reviewed The Photo Album
    
    Probably my favorite album of all time.
    
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    Ryan favorited and reviewed The Photo Album
    
    I think this is my favorite Death Cab album
    
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    nice tunes..
    
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3rd full-length from Seattle indie darlings features guest appearances by Sean Nelson, John Vanderslice & James Mendenhall ,on Barsuk Records.Death Cab for Cutie turn difficult personal issues into literary rock songs while straddling the narrow line between blissful pop and driving indie rock. The Northwest act's songs soar high like Built to Spill's or Beulah's, and almost every track on The Photo Album is as musically bouncy and upbeat as the best of those bands. As catchy as the songs on The Photo Album may be, though, it's really front man Benjamin Gibbard's comfort with laying his emotional issues bare that makes this an excellent album. "Styrofoam Plates" is the most stunning track, with words that leave chills long after they've disappeared. As Gibbard sings about anger for a dead father ("It's not quite a stretch to say you were not quite a father / But a donor of seeds to a poor single mother / That would raise us alone / We never saw the money / It went down your throat down the hole in your belly"), his stark honesty makes this dysfunctional family story the most compelling piece of this album. The other issues of clumsy relationships pale a little in comparison, but The Photo Album still leaves little doubt that Death Cab deserve all the indie rock accolades they have received. --Jennifer Maerz

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