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▲{{quote| ''If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied<br />
▲Illuminate the "No"s on their vacancy signs<br />
''I'll follow you into the dark'' }}▼
▲If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks<br />
▲I'll follow you into the dark'' }}
[[Death Cab for Cutie]] are an indie rock band from Bellingham, Washington, formed in 1997 as a solo project of [[Face of the Band]] Ben Gibbard, a twenty-something science graduate who had previously been in other local bands such as Pinwheel and ¡All-Time Quarterback!. By 1998, Gibbard had recruited several band mates from his previous bands, most notably [[The Revolutionary Hydra]], into a full-fledged band. Except for two drummer changes, the lineup has stayed constant ever since.
Already well known in the Seattle area, Death Cab's breakout hit was their 2003 album ''Transatlanticism'', which saw exposure in television shows such as [[The OC]] (in which it forms part of Seth Cohen's indie starter pack) and [[Six Feet Under]]. The attention prompted them to move from Barsuk Records, which had accommodated Gibbard and company for the past decade, to Atlantic Records. Since their move to Atlantic, they have steadily become more popular, with their following albums ''Plans'' and ''Narrow Stairs'' becoming increasingly popular and well selling.
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* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]]: Usually averted, which makes its appearances in Title and Registration that much more noticeable:
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* [[A Good Name for
* [[Album Title Drop]]: ''Codes and Keys'' is probably the only one with an obvious one (in the [[Title Track]]).
* [[Ashes to Crashes]]: ''Styrofoam Plates'':
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''but a gust blew them backwards and the sting in my eyes
''that you then inflicted was par for the course just as when you were living. }}
* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: "I Will Follow You Into the Dark".
* [[Concept Album]]: ''We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes'' is considered by most fans to be a disguised example, at least for the first eight songs, which chronicle a relationship starting with a one night stand and ending with the guy crashing the girl's wedding to another guy. It's disputed whether the last two songs fit into the narrative or not.
** ''The Open Door'' EP is about commitment issues.
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: The aforementioned "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" is bandied about as ''the'' typical love song, and is thrown around as such by people who come across it randomly. Even in professional works, for example, ''[[
** To be fair, it ''is'' a love song. The problem is that it's kind of like [[Romeo and Juliet]], in that using/describing it as such tends to undersell its depth and nuance.
* [[Cover Version]]: Ben Gibbard's solo project [[Heavy Metal Umlaut|¡All-Time Quarterback!]] covered [[wikipedia:The Magnetic Fields|The Magnetic Fields']] "Why I Cry".
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** Almost every song on the album Transatlanticism, if you turn up the volume and listen closely.
* [[Flatline]]: Heavily implied in "What Sarah Said."
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''took you a little farther away from me }}
* [[Glorified Sperm Donor]]: ''Styrofoam Plates''
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''But a donor of seeds to a poor single mother }}
* [[Last-Note Nightmare]]:
** "Marching Bands of Manhattan" ends with a solitary piano key. Also, "Pity and Fear" could be considered an example; the guitar seems to be building toward a crescendo and then suddenly stops dead. [[Word of God]] says that this happened when the recorder they were using to record the song broke, and they liked the effect it created better than the original end.
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* [[The Nothing After Death]]: The "Dark" in "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" refers to both to the nothing after death and not knowing what happens after death.
** A more recent example would be St. Peter's Cathedral.
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* [[Not Staying for Breakfast]]: "Someday You Will Be Loved."
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''left a note and it read
''[[Title Drop|"Someday, you will be loved"]] }}
** Also, in "Pity and Fear."
* [[Obsession Song]]: "I Will Possess Your Heart", which has lyrics as creepy as it sounds.
* [[The Other Rainforest]]: They hail from Bellingham, WA.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Chris, sort of, as a male example. Anyone who's been to a live show will attest to the fact he's very shy and quiet in comparison to the others.
* [[Shout-Out]]: "Cath..." is based on ''[[Wuthering Heights (novel)|Wuthering Heights]]''{{'}}s plot.
* [[Stalker
* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: Played for tragedy in "Company Call Epilogue".
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''What was your first reaction?
''Screaming, drunk, disorderly, I'll tell you mine. }}
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