Before we get this started, whether you’re an avid fan or barely know anything about the band, feel free to check out our selected Death Cab music and videos before proceeding.

So they’ve been around for a while and I only really noticed them in 2001. I don’t think Death Cab For Cutie was nearly as big back then as they are now. After all, they weren’t signed to Atlantic Records and Warner Music back then. The John Byrd EP is my favorite live recording of the band and The Photo Album are two of their all-time favorite releases of mine, but there’s something to be said for all of their records with the exception of the first (1998) and the most recent (2008). That’s just my opinion though.

Something About Airplanes (1998)
We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes (2000)
The Photo Album (2001)
Transatlanticism (2003)
Plans (2005)
Narrow Stairs (2008)

Feel free to disagree. I’m really a fan of The Postal Service as well; however, with only one full-length release from 2003, “Give Up,” it really seems like Ben Gibbard (DCFC’’s lead vocalist) is kind of excessively loyal to Death Cab, while viewing The Postal Service (with a much more electronic flavor) as more of just a side project he had/has with Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel.) Tamborello produced the majority of the instrumentals for the “Give Up” record.

Ben Gibbard:

Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello: