Album
Codes And Keys
2011 · Rock
15 collectors on Gatefold own this
Codes And Keys is an Alt/Indie album by Death Cab For Cutie, originally released in 2011. On Gatefold: 20 pressings tracked, owned by 15 collectors.
About
With <i>Codes and Keys</i> Death Cab for Cutie turn on their heart light. Singer Ben Gibbard is now happily married to actress Zooey Deschanel and his worldview has gotten notably brighter. The band has also shifted the sound from guitars to analog synths that when mixed by Alan Moulder, the man who gave My Bloody Valentine and Nine Inch Nails a stronger definition, turns the group into an arena-rock superpower. “Doors Unlocked and Open” is a swerving piece of club music. “Some Boys” is an explosion of joy as Gibbard instructs, “Some boys don’t know how to love.” But he does. “You Are a Tourist” takes an indie-rock band and raises the recording budget until Death Cab sound like a mainstream radio-pop band. For modern day AOR, check “Unobstructed Views” with its sweet wonder of reverb and keyboards. “Stay Young, Go Dancing” shuffles with a kind hope while “Underneath the Sycamore” retains shades of power-pop as it dances in a bucolic light.
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Tracklist
- 1Home Is A Fire
- 2Codes And Keys
- 3Some Boys
- 4Doors Unlocked And Open
- 5You Are A Tourist
- 6Unobstructed Views
- 7Monday Morning
- 8Portable Television
- 9Underneath The Sycamore
- 10St. Peter's Cathedral
- 11Stay Young, Go Dancing
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- synthetic
- euphoric
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Management for Zeitgeist Artist Management.
Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, CA; The Warehouse, Vancouver, BC; London Bridge, Seattle, WA; Two Stick Audio, Seattle, WA; Tiny Telephone, San Francisco, CA; Bright Street Recorders, North Hollywood, CA; Jackpot! Recording, Portland, OR; Avast Recording, Seattle, WA.
Mixed at Assault & Battery B in Willesden, London, UK, except Track 1 mixed at Avast B, Track 2 mixed at Avast A
Mastered at SAE Mastering, Phoenix, AZ.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben Gibbard
- Chris Walla
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Jason McGerr
- Nicholas Harmer
- Jory FankuchenSTRINGS
- Liana BerubeSTRINGS
- Magik*Magik OrchestraSTRINGS
- Michelle KwonSTRINGS
- Minna ChoiARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR
- Philip BrezinaSTRINGS
15 collectors on Gatefold own this · 20 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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