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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Jackson Maxwell

“I just don't like chords – I don't like playing them. Music is much more interesting when everybody plays a harmonic line that creates a wider picture”: How Death Cab for Cutie found their second act – by embracing the weird, and guitars from their past

Ben Gibbard (left) and Dave Depper of Death Cab for Cutie perform at All Points East 2024 at Victoria Park in London, England on August 25, 2024.

Death Cab for Cutie recently took to the road to celebrate the 20th anniversaries of their Transatlanticism and Plans records. Both tours were huge successes that reinforced those albums’ lofty stature in the ‘oughts rock catalog, though the former was cited in one prominent review as “Peak millennial nostalgia, in the best way.”

Even with that caveat, oof. What to do as a band when people are throwing the “nostalgia” tag at you in headlines?

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