Plans
'Plans' is Death Cab for Cutie's latest album - it came out about two months ago, and I've been listening to it for a few days now.
I'm disappointed, but not very disappointed. So far it's a good album, that much I'm sure of. It's hard because my absolute favorite albums always take quite a few listens to get, but I remember that I could hear something behind Transatlanticism which I can't hear in this release. At least, I'm happy to say, the move to a major label hasn't really hurt their sound - but I'd like to see them hold back less and rock more.
In Catholic school,
as vicious as Roman rule,
I got my knuckles bruised
by a lady in black.
And I held my tongue
as she told me "Son,
fear is the heart of love"
so I never went back.
Edit: It gets better and better. 'What Sarah Said' is my favorite. Main theme: time and death I guess, which is a bit of a downer but Gibbard's spin on it is great to hear. The title of the album (and my current display name) come from the lines:
And it came to me then that every plan
Is a little prayer to Father time
As I stared in my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
That I'd already taken too much today
As each descending peek on the LCD
Took you a little further away from me
Note the crazy passive storytelling - as this, as that, as the other.
I'm disappointed, but not very disappointed. So far it's a good album, that much I'm sure of. It's hard because my absolute favorite albums always take quite a few listens to get, but I remember that I could hear something behind Transatlanticism which I can't hear in this release. At least, I'm happy to say, the move to a major label hasn't really hurt their sound - but I'd like to see them hold back less and rock more.
In Catholic school,
as vicious as Roman rule,
I got my knuckles bruised
by a lady in black.
And I held my tongue
as she told me "Son,
fear is the heart of love"
so I never went back.
Edit: It gets better and better. 'What Sarah Said' is my favorite. Main theme: time and death I guess, which is a bit of a downer but Gibbard's spin on it is great to hear. The title of the album (and my current display name) come from the lines:
And it came to me then that every plan
Is a little prayer to Father time
As I stared in my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
That I'd already taken too much today
As each descending peek on the LCD
Took you a little further away from me
Note the crazy passive storytelling - as this, as that, as the other.