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- Death Cab for Cutie
When it comes to Ben Gibbard projects I gravitate toward the Postal Service, in part because for one reason or another Death Cab for Cutie never really did it for me. I certainly understand the group’s appeal—mannered, cozy indie rock that’s bookish enough to be “smart” but not intellectual in a way that could get in the way of mass acceptance. As I moved from high school to college in the mid-aughts and The O.C. took hold of many folks my age, so too did Death Cab, the little band that could, and did, become a bigger band with Billboard-sized numbers. And yet I never quite got hooked, at least until a couple weeks ago.
