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You Can Play These Songs with Chords is an early (1996–97) demo from the rock band Death Cab for Cutie, which at the time consisted entirely of founder Ben Gibbard. This demo was originally released on cassette by Elsinor Records.
The single was released on Atlantic Records, becoming one of Death Cab for Cutie's lowest-charting singles, peaking number 28 on the Modern Rock Tracks, number 66 on the UK Singles Chart and failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100; however, "I Will Follow You into the Dark" was certified as double platinum by the Recording Industry ...
Death Cab for Cutie, the name deriving from the Vivian Stanshall/Neil Innes song "Death Cab For Cutie", began in 1997 as a solo project by Ben Gibbard when he was a guitarist for the band Pinwheel. He recorded under the name All-Time Quarterback. As Death Cab for Cutie, he released a cassette, You Can Play These Songs with Chords, during the ...
Codes and Keys is the seventh studio album by Death Cab for Cutie, released on May 31, 2011.Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer have both been quoted as saying that the album will be "a much less guitar-centric album than we've ever made before". [3]
Thank You for Today [3] "Why You'd Want to Live Here" 2001 The Photo Album [6] "World Shut Your Mouth" ‡ 2006 "Crooked Teeth" "You Are a Tourist" † 2011 Codes and Keys [15] "You Can Do Better Than Me" 2008 Narrow Stairs [13] "You Moved Away" 2018 Thank You for Today [3] "You've Haunted Me All My Life" 2015 Kintsugi [12] "Your Bruise" † 1998
Death Cab signed to Barsuk Records and released four extended plays (EPs) and four studio albums through the label. [1] The fourth album, Transatlanticism, reached number 97 on the Billboard 200 and was eventually certified gold in the United States. [2] [3] The group also issued nine singles and a demo tape through Barsuk. [1]
The song received acclaim from critics. James Montgomery of MTV News said of the song, "there are moments on Stairs that stop you dead in your tracks, send shivers up your spine and make you go 'Whoa'... like the first four-and-a-half minutes of 'I Will Possess Your Heart,' a propulsive whirl of stalking bass line, spindly guitars and stabbing piano."
The Photo Album was the first Death Cab for Cutie album to feature charting songs, with "A Movie Script Ending" also becoming the first of three songs by the band to eventually feature on the television show The O.C.. It was the only full-length album to feature drummer Michael Schorr.