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Artist Biography For Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab For Cutie Is An American Indie Rock Band Formed In Bellingham Washington In 1997. The Band Consists Of Ben Gibbard Vocals Guitar Piano Nicholas Harmer Bass Jason McGerr Drums Dave Depper Guitar And Zac Rae Keyboards . Death Cab Began As A Solo Project Of Ben Gibbard Now The Band's Vocalist And Guitarist. Gibbard Took The Band Name From The Satirical Song Death Cab For Cutie Performed By The Bonzo Dog Band In The Beatles' 1967 Experimental Film Magical Mystery Tour. As Death Cab For Cutie Gibbard Released A Cassette Titled You Can Play These Songs With Chords The Release Was Surprisingly Successful And Gibbard Decided To Expand The Band Into A Complete Project. He Recruited Chris Walla Who Had Also Worked On The Cassette As An Electric Guitarist Nick Harmer As Bass Guitarist And Nathan Good To Play Drums. The Four Released The LP Something About Airplanes On August 18th 1998. The Album Was Favorably Reviewed In The Independent Music Scene And In 2000 The Band Released We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes. Nathan Good Left The Band At Some Point During This Album's Production. His Playing On “The Employment Pages” And “Company Calls Epilogue” Were Kept But Gibbard Played Drums On All Other Songs. Michael Schorr Would First Appear On The Forbidden Love E.P. Released On October 24 2000. In 2001 Another LP Was Released Entitled The Photo Album. Limited Editions Of This Album Contained Three Bonus Tracks Which Were Later Released Separately As The Stability EP. In 2003 There Was Another Change Of Drummer With Jason McGerr Of Eureka Farm Replacing Schorr. McGerr Would Play Drums On The Next Release Transatlanticism. Transatlanticism Was Released In October Of 2003. It Received Critical Praise And Also Became The Band's Top-Selling Album With 225 000 Copies Sold During Its First Year Out. In Spring Of 2004 The Band Recorded A Live E.P. Titled The John Byrd E.P. Named For Their Sound Engineer. The E.P. Was Released On Barsuk Records In March 2004. In November Of 2004 Death Cab For Cutie Signed A “long-Term Worldwide Deal” With Atlantic Records Leaving Their Long-Time Label Barsuk Records. Gibbard Stated On The Official Website Www.Deathcabforcutie.Com That Nothing Would Change Except That “Next To The Picture Of Barsuk Holding A 7" There Will Be The Letter "A" On Both The Spine And Back Of Our Upcoming Albums.” This Was A Marked Change From Gibbard's Earlier Views On Major-Label Relations Which He Said “are Set Up To Fuck You And Take All Your Money.”. After Signing To Atlantic The Band Was Still Nervous About Corporate Economics And Encouraged Fans To Download Its Songs From The Internet. The First And Second Singles Off The Band's Atlantic Record Release Plans Were “Soul Meets Body” And “Crooked Teeth” Respectively. The Full Album Was Released In August Of 2005. Plans Was Somewhat Well-Acclaimed By Critics And Fans And Received A Nomination For The Grammy Award For Best Alternative Album Of 2005. It Achieved Gold Status In 2006 After Charting On Billboard For 47 Consecutive Weeks. The Band Released A Touring DVD Titled Drive Well Sleep Carefully In 2005. Known For Their Contributions To Animal Rights The Band Is Supporting The Activist Group PETA In Giving Away Copies Of The DVD To Promote Animal Rights. In Early 2006 The Band Announced The Upcoming Release Of Directions Eleven Short Films Inspired By Songs From The Plans Album Each Directed By A Different Person. The Videos Were Posted One At A Time At The Band's Website And The DVD Went On Sale April 11 2006. On May 12 2008 Their Album Narrow Stairs Was Released And Was Well Received By Both Critics And Fans. It Was Their First Album To Reach #1 On The Billboard 200. The Album Contains The Singles "I Will Possess Your Heart" "Cath..." And "Grapevine Fires". The Band's Latest Released The Open Door EP Which Was Released On March 31 2009. Their Main Styles Consist Of Slow Progressive Rock With Dark Lyrics. The Band's Seventh Album Codes And Keys Was Released On May 31 2011. The Album's First Single Was "You Are A Tourist". On October 11 2013 The Band Reportedly Began Working On Their Eighth Studio Album. This Was Then Confirmed By The Group's Official Instagram Profile In Which An Image Was Uploaded With The Caption "DCFC LP8 Begins". The New Album Will Be Produced By Rich Costey And Is Expected To Be Released In Early 2015. In An Interview With Stereogum Gibbard Said Of The New Album "I Do Think From Start To Finish It's A Much Better Record Than Codes And Keys. If That Record Turned Anybody Off I Feel Pretty Strongly That This One Could Win Them Back. There Are Threads In This One That Connect Back To Our Earliest Stuff That People Love." On October 29 2013 The Band Released A Remastered Tenth-Anniversary Version Of Their 2003 Album Transatlanticism. The New Album Included A Vinyl LP And MP3 Download With Demos For All The Songs From The Album. As Part Of The 2014 Record Store Day The Band Released Its First Live Album A Vinyl-Only Double LP Recorded During Various 2012 Tour Dates With Magik*Magik Orchestra. Included Within The Packaging Was A Code For A Digital Download Of The Recording. On August 13 2014 After 17 Years As A Member Of Death Cab For Cutie Guitarist And Songwriter Chris Walla Decided To Part Ways With The Band With His Last Performance Occurring On September 13 2014 At The Rifflandia Music Festival In Victoria British Columbia. Walla States That He Plans To "...Continue Making Music Producing Records And Erring On The Side Of Benevolence And Beauty Whenever Possible." When Asked In An Interview About Walla's Involvement In The Eighth Album McGerr Confirmed That Walla "played On Everything And Has Been Involved All The Way Through Even In The Mixing. Even Though He's Played His Last Show With Us He's Still Been Involved In Everything Involving This Record."
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"Soul Meets Body" Is A Song Recorded By The American Rock Band Death Cab For Cutie For Their Fifth Studio Album Plans. It Was Released As The Lead Single From Plans On July 16 2005 Through Atlantic Records. Death Cab For Cutie Emerged From The Pacific Northwest In The Early Aughts And Built A Following With Its Confessional Lyricism And Straightforward Indie Rock Sound. "Soul Meets Body" Was Their First Single For Atlantic The Major Label With Which They Signed In 2004. The Song Is Thematically Existential Examining The Intersection Of Soul And Body Though A Relationship Metaphor. Singer-Songwriter Ben Gibbard Wrote The Song While Guitarist Chris Walla Produced The Track. The Song's Music Video Depicts Gibbard Wandering Through A Mysterious Forest Where Musical Notes Lift Out Of Plants. "Soul Meets Body" Became The Band's First Hit Single It Hit Number One On Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs Chart And The Top Five Of The Hot Modern Rock Tracks. It Was Their First To Crossover To The All-Genre Hot 100 Where It Peaked At Number 60. The Song Has Been Certified Platinum By The Recording Industry Association Of America For Shipments Of Over 1 000 000 Copies. The Song's Music Video Was Directed By Jon Watts. In The Clip Frontman Gibbard Waltzes Across A Magical Woodland As Foliage Transforms Into Music Notes. Gibbard Picked Watts A Relative Outsider To Helm The Clip As He Appreciated That His Treatment Was Not Simply A Literal Reading Of The Song's Prose "It's Hard To Pick Videos Because When I Write Lyrics I Try To Make Them As Descriptive As Possible And I Find It Hard To Find A Treatment That's Not Just Mimicking What's Happening In The Song...Plus This One Was A Little Weird " He Said. It Was Filmed On August 3 2005 At A Ranch-Style House Located In Topanga Canyon In Los Angeles. Writers For Entertainment Weekly Described The Clip As "odd And Lovely." The Band Later Issued A Second Video For The Song Directed By Cat Solen As Part Of Its Directions The Plans Video Album. "Soul Meets Body" Was Written By Frontman Ben Gibbard And Produced By Guitarist Chris Walla. The Song Was Recorded At Long View Farm A Farmstead In North Brookfield Massachusetts. The Song Opens With The Sound Of An Uptempo Acoustic Guitar Leading To A Chorus Where Gibbard Exclaims "You're The Only Song I Want To Hear / A Melody Softly Soaring Through My Atmosphere." Gibbard Wrote The Song For His Girlfriend At The Time. Throughout The Song's Lyrics Gibbard Touches On Transcendental Themes In The Song's Hook He Pleads That "if The Silence Takes You Then I Hope It Takes Me Too." Walla Summarized The Song's Message "It's A Declaration Of Desire Over Circumstance. It Means 'Here's Where I Am And Here's What I Want To Be And How Do I Bridge Those Two Things.' I Think It's A Beautiful Articulation Of Love Friendships And Relationships And Everything You Do Over The Course Of The Day." Gibbard Recalled Laboring Over The Song And Follow-Up Single "Crooked Teeth" "We Spent All This Time Trying To Get "Soul Meets Body" And "Crooked Teeth" Just Right To Make Sure We Were Putting Our Best Foot Forward " He Said. Gibbard Later Reimagined The Song With The Help Of Brett Nelson From Built To Spill In An Electronic-Infused Iteration For The Electronic Anthology Project. In 2019 The Song Was Covered By New Zealand Act The Beths.
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Death Cab For Cutie Is An American Indie Rock Band Formed In Bellingham Washington In 1997. The Band Consists Of Ben Gibbard Vocals Guitar Piano Nicholas Harmer Bass Jason McGerr Drums Dave Depper Guitar And Zac Rae Keyboards . Death Cab Began As A Solo Project Of Ben Gibbard Now The Band's Vocalist And Guitarist. Gibbard Took The Band Name From The Satirical Song Death Cab For Cutie Performed By The Bonzo Dog Band In The Beatles' 1967 Experimental Film Magical Mystery Tour. As Death Cab For Cutie Gibbard Released A Cassette Titled You Can Play These Songs With Chords The Release Was Surprisingly Successful And Gibbard Decided To Expand The Band Into A Complete Project. He Recruited Chris Walla Who Had Also Worked On The Cassette As An Electric Guitarist Nick Harmer As Bass Guitarist And Nathan Good To Play Drums. The Four Released The LP Something About Airplanes On August 18th 1998. The Album Was Favorably Reviewed In The Independent Music Scene And In 2000 The Band Released We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes. Nathan Good Left The Band At Some Point During This Album's Production. His Playing On “The Employment Pages” And “Company Calls Epilogue” Were Kept But Gibbard Played Drums On All Other Songs. Michael Schorr Would First Appear On The Forbidden Love E.P. Released On October 24 2000. In 2001 Another LP Was Released Entitled The Photo Album. Limited Editions Of This Album Contained Three Bonus Tracks Which Were Later Released Separately As The Stability EP. In 2003 There Was Another Change Of Drummer With Jason McGerr Of Eureka Farm Replacing Schorr. McGerr Would Play Drums On The Next Release Transatlanticism. Transatlanticism Was Released In October Of 2003. It Received Critical Praise And Also Became The Band's Top-Selling Album With 225 000 Copies Sold During Its First Year Out. In Spring Of 2004 The Band Recorded A Live E.P. Titled The John Byrd E.P. Named For Their Sound Engineer. The E.P. Was Released On Barsuk Records In March 2004. In November Of 2004 Death Cab For Cutie Signed A “long-Term Worldwide Deal” With Atlantic Records Leaving Their Long-Time Label Barsuk Records. Gibbard Stated On The Official Website Www.Deathcabforcutie.Com That Nothing Would Change Except That “Next To The Picture Of Barsuk Holding A 7" There Will Be The Letter "A" On Both The Spine And Back Of Our Upcoming Albums.” This Was A Marked Change From Gibbard's Earlier Views On Major-Label Relations Which He Said “are Set Up To Fuck You And Take All Your Money.”. After Signing To Atlantic The Band Was Still Nervous About Corporate Economics And Encouraged Fans To Download Its Songs From The Internet. The First And Second Singles Off The Band's Atlantic Record Release Plans Were “Soul Meets Body” And “Crooked Teeth” Respectively. The Full Album Was Released In August Of 2005. Plans Was Somewhat Well-Acclaimed By Critics And Fans And Received A Nomination For The Grammy Award For Best Alternative Album Of 2005. It Achieved Gold Status In 2006 After Charting On Billboard For 47 Consecutive Weeks. The Band Released A Touring DVD Titled Drive Well Sleep Carefully In 2005. Known For Their Contributions To Animal Rights The Band Is Supporting The Activist Group PETA In Giving Away Copies Of The DVD To Promote Animal Rights. In Early 2006 The Band Announced The Upcoming Release Of Directions Eleven Short Films Inspired By Songs From The Plans Album Each Directed By A Different Person. The Videos Were Posted One At A Time At The Band's Website And The DVD Went On Sale April 11 2006. On May 12 2008 Their Album Narrow Stairs Was Released And Was Well Received By Both Critics And Fans. It Was Their First Album To Reach #1 On The Billboard 200. The Album Contains The Singles "I Will Possess Your Heart" "Cath..." And "Grapevine Fires". The Band's Latest Released The Open Door EP Which Was Released On March 31 2009. Their Main Styles Consist Of Slow Progressive Rock With Dark Lyrics. The Band's Seventh Album Codes And Keys Was Released On May 31 2011. The Album's First Single Was "You Are A Tourist". On October 11 2013 The Band Reportedly Began Working On Their Eighth Studio Album. This Was Then Confirmed By The Group's Official Instagram Profile In Which An Image Was Uploaded With The Caption "DCFC LP8 Begins". The New Album Will Be Produced By Rich Costey And Is Expected To Be Released In Early 2015. In An Interview With Stereogum Gibbard Said Of The New Album "I Do Think From Start To Finish It's A Much Better Record Than Codes And Keys. If That Record Turned Anybody Off I Feel Pretty Strongly That This One Could Win Them Back. There Are Threads In This One That Connect Back To Our Earliest Stuff That People Love." On October 29 2013 The Band Released A Remastered Tenth-Anniversary Version Of Their 2003 Album Transatlanticism. The New Album Included A Vinyl LP And MP3 Download With Demos For All The Songs From The Album. As Part Of The 2014 Record Store Day The Band Released Its First Live Album A Vinyl-Only Double LP Recorded During Various 2012 Tour Dates With Magik*Magik Orchestra. Included Within The Packaging Was A Code For A Digital Download Of The Recording. On August 13 2014 After 17 Years As A Member Of Death Cab For Cutie Guitarist And Songwriter Chris Walla Decided To Part Ways With The Band With His Last Performance Occurring On September 13 2014 At The Rifflandia Music Festival In Victoria British Columbia. Walla States That He Plans To "...Continue Making Music Producing Records And Erring On The Side Of Benevolence And Beauty Whenever Possible." When Asked In An Interview About Walla's Involvement In The Eighth Album McGerr Confirmed That Walla "played On Everything And Has Been Involved All The Way Through Even In The Mixing. Even Though He's Played His Last Show With Us He's Still Been Involved In Everything Involving This Record." read less
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"Soul Meets Body" is a song recorded by the American rock band Death Cab for Cutie for their fifth studio album, Plans. It was released as the lead single from Plans on July 16, 2005, through Atlantic Records. Death Cab for Cutie emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the early aughts and built a following with its confessional lyricism and straightforward indie rock sound. "Soul Meets Body" was their first single for Atlantic, the major label with which they signed in 2004. The song is thematically existential, examining the intersection of soul and body though a relationship metaphor.
Singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard wrote the song, while guitarist Chris Walla produced the track. The song's music video depicts Gibbard wandering through a mysterious forest where musical notes lift out of plants. "Soul Meets Body" became the band's first hit single; it hit number one on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart, and the top five of the Hot Modern Rock Tracks. It was their first to crossover to the all-genre Hot 100, where it peaked at number 60. The song has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies.
The song's music video was directed by Jon Watts. In the clip, frontman Gibbard waltzes across a magical woodland as foliage transforms into music notes. Gibbard picked Watts, a relative outsider, to helm the clip as he appreciated that his treatment was not simply a literal reading of the song's prose: "It's hard to pick videos, because when I write lyrics I try to make them as descriptive as possible, and I find it hard to find a treatment that's not just mimicking what's happening in the song...plus this one was a little weird," he said. It was filmed on August 3, 2005 at a ranch-style house located in Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles. Writers for Entertainment Weekly described the clip as "odd and lovely." The band later issued a second video for the song directed by Cat Solen as part of its Directions: The Plans Video Album.
"Soul Meets Body" was written by frontman Ben Gibbard, and produced by guitarist Chris Walla. The song was recorded at Long View Farm, a farmstead in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. The song opens with the sound of an uptempo acoustic guitar, leading to a chorus where Gibbard exclaims, "You're the only song I want to hear / A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere." Gibbard wrote the song for his girlfriend at the time. Throughout the song's lyrics, Gibbard touches on transcendental themes: in the song's hook, he pleads that "if the silence takes you then I hope it takes me too." Walla summarized the song's message: "It's a declaration of desire over circumstance. It means, 'Here's where I am and here's what I want to be and how do I bridge those two things.' I think it's a beautiful articulation of love, friendships and relationships and everything you do over the course of the day."
Gibbard recalled laboring over the song and follow-up single "Crooked Teeth": "We spent all this time trying to get "Soul Meets Body" and "Crooked Teeth" just right to make sure we were putting our best foot forward," he said.
Gibbard later reimagined the song, with the help of Brett Nelson from Built to Spill, in an electronic-infused iteration for The Electronic Anthology Project. In 2019, the song was covered by New Zealand act the Beths. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.