Review: Death Cab for Cutie – The Open Door EP
Death Cab For Cutie: The Open Door EP
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Death Cab For Cutie’s Narrow Stairs made pretty much everyone’s Best of 2008 list, and in turn left everyone wanting more from the Washington-based quartet. The Open Door EP was released in April to satisfy everyone’s salivation.
Many follow-up EP’s like this often include throw-away tracks, radio edits, live versions, or remixes just to milk as much money as possible fans of the bigger release might have left in them. The Open Door EP is much more satisfying than that though! There is one demo version of a track included on Narrow Stairs, Talking Bird, but the demo is a drastically different enough performance of the song to make it worth repeating. The first four tracks, though they might be left-overs from the Narrow Stairs sessions, are excellent little gems.
I can see why they might have been left off the album – not because they lack quality, but because they don’t fall into the overall vibe of Narrow Stairs. All of the EP’s songs still suit Ben Gibbard’s signature voice impeccably and deliver the lyrical and musical cleverness the world has come to expect from Death Cab.
So while most EP’s immediately following highly acclaimed albums might be considered to be strictly for devout fans (see: Coldplay’s Prospekt’s March EP), The Open Door EP could serve as an extra treat for fans or a well-representing introduction to the craftiness of Death Cab For Cutie.
Visit Death Cab For Cutie’s website.
Many follow-up EP’s like this often include throw-away tracks, radio edits, live versions, or remixes just to milk as much money as possible fans of the bigger release might have left in them. The Open Door EP is much more satisfying than that though! There is one demo version of a track included on Narrow Stairs, Talking Bird, but the demo is a drastically different enough performance of the song to make it worth repeating. The first four tracks, though they might be left-overs from the Narrow Stairs sessions, are excellent little gems.
I can see why they might have been left off the album – not because they lack quality, but because they don’t fall into the overall vibe of Narrow Stairs. All of the EP’s songs still suit Ben Gibbard’s signature voice impeccably and deliver the lyrical and musical cleverness the world has come to expect from Death Cab.
So while most EP’s immediately following highly acclaimed albums might be considered to be strictly for devout fans (see: Coldplay’s Prospekt’s March EP), The Open Door EP could serve as an extra treat for fans or a well-representing introduction to the craftiness of Death Cab For Cutie.
Visit Death Cab For Cutie’s website.Death Cab For Cutie’s Narrow Stairs made pretty much everyone’s Best of 2008 list, and in turn left everyone wanting more from the Washington-based quartet. The Open Door EP was released in April to satisfy everyone’s salivation.
Many follow-up EP’s like this often include throw-away tracks, radio edits, live versions, or remixes just to milk as much money as possible fans of the bigger release might have left in them. The Open Door EP is much more satisfying than that though! There is one demo version of a track included on Narrow Stairs, Talking Bird, but the demo is a drastically different enough performance of the song to make it worth repeating. The first four tracks, though they might be left-overs from the Narrow Stairs sessions, are excellent little gems.
I can see why they might have been left off the album – not because they lack quality, but because they don’t fall into the overall vibe of Narrow Stairs. All of the EP’s songs still suit Ben Gibbard’s signature voice impeccably and deliver the lyrical and musical cleverness the world has come to expect from Death Cab.
So while most EP’s immediately following highly acclaimed albums might be considered to be strictly for devout fans (see: Coldplay’s Prospekt’s March EP), The Open Door EP could serve as an extra treat for fans or a well-representing introduction to the craftiness of Death Cab For Cutie.
Visit Death Cab For Cutie’s website.
