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Concert recap: Death Cab for Cutie.

By neener | June 21, 2008

I’ve seen Death Cab before. I thought it was a good show but I was standing behind a few loud, tall high school girls and I didn’t know half of the songs they played.

But this time I came prepared. I checked out the band’s online forums and made note of their sets this year. I compiled all those songs onto a CD and listened to them every time I hopped into my car. I listened to them while checking my e-mail every day. I listened to them as I started reading the Bible in my living room. I familiarized myself with their newest album and their older songs. And thus began my deep appreciation for Death Cab.

So my friend Megan - whose great idea it was to go and bought tickets - and I headed to Grand Prairie to discover the seats she bought were pretty close! I told her I would go under the condition that we don’t stand in the pit because I’m getting too dang old to tippy toe during concerts. Rogue Wave was the only opening act and we missed most of their set. We patiently waited… then experienced the awesomeness that is Death Cab.

Death Cab for Cutie

It was great to finally listen to all those tunes I had been surrounding myself with all month, live! Ben Gibbard, the leader singer and lyrical genius, sported no plastic frames and appeared to lose some weight but rocked some mutton chops. Although this was not the Gibbard I’ve seen in pictures, it didn’t matter as they played the following:

Bixby Canyon Bridge
The New Year
Why You’d Want To Live Here
Photobooth
Crooked Teeth
Long Division
Grapevine Fires
A Movie Script Ending
Company Calls
Title Track
Soul Meets Body
I Will Follow You Into The Dark
I Will Possess Your Heart
Cath…
We Laugh Indoors
The Sound of Settling
Marching Bands of Manhattan
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Title and Registration
No Sunlight
405
Your Heart Is An Empty Room
Transatlanticism

If you thought “I Will Possess Your Heart” was the best track off their new album, wait ’til you hear it live. This is a band that knows how to create music and no doubt did that translate well on stage. So thanks to my friend Megan and her random idea to check out this concert, I am now an honest Death Cab for Cutie fan.