Awesome Underground ★ Music Review: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE: RIOT FEST 2016 ♫ MUSIC REVIEW

Riot Fest 2016 is quickly approaching. Death Cab For Cutie is one of the many talented bands appearing on the line up for both the Chicago and Denver music festival. Here is a short review and comparison of their four most recent albums, "Kintsugi," "Codes and Keys," "Narrow Stairs," and "Plans" (which features their most popular hit, "I Will Follow You Into the Dark").

Kintsugi
The first thing I need to say about this band is that the vocalist has that nerdy sound going, which can really work for me, but only along with a specific sound. In other cases, it sounds overly cheesy to me and I neither enjoy it nor take it seriously.
This album sounds like it has such a grand mission, but it's not translating for me very well, and I'll assume that has to do mostly with the vocalist. The instrumentals are glorious, really. very poppy/inspirational

Codes and Keys
This album is a lot more atmospheric and dramatic than the others while maintaining a mellow sound

Narrow Stairs
This album seems to have more elements of rock than their more recent albums. And not just any type of rock, but old school rock that has a certain level of artistry to it, with glorious lengthy intros and thought provoking instrumentals throughout the songs.

Plans
(which is the album their most famous song "I will Follow You into the Dark" comes from)
I think this is my favorite of all of the albums of theirs I've heard. I like their sound better in this album. I like their lyrics better, I like their symbolism. (Specifically, I love the way Marching Bands of Manhattan ends)

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