Directions
Death Cab for Cutie
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoMarching Bands of Manhattan | Death Cab for Cutie | 4:28 | $1.49 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoSoul Meets Body | Death Cab for Cutie | 4:00 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoSummer Skin | Death Cab for Cutie | 3:28 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoDifferent Names for the Same Thing | Death Cab for Cutie | 5:31 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoI Will Follow You Into the Dark | Death Cab for Cutie | 3:14 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoYour Heart Is an Empty Room | Death Cab for Cutie | 3:39 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoSomeday You Will Be Loved | Death Cab for Cutie | 3:14 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoCrooked Teeth | Death Cab for Cutie | 3:25 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoWhat Sarah Said | Death Cab for Cutie | 7:26 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoBrothers On a Hotel Bed | Death Cab for Cutie | 4:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoStable Song | Death Cab for Cutie | 5:42 | $1.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoDirections Interview | Death Cab for Cutie | 11:12 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoDirections Trailer | Death Cab for Cutie | 2:11 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Items |
Album Review
Directions is an ambitious song-by-song visual supplement to Death Cab for Cutie's excellent 2005 Plans release. Proposals from around the world were submitted to the band, and a budget was allowed for 13 finalists to create videos that would translate their visions into reality. The results range from the existential and tragic ("Marching Bands of Manhattan," "What Sarah Said") to the innocent and charming. Rob Schrab's animation to "Crooked Teeth" is quite easily the highlight of the disc, and also noteworthy is Autumn DeWilde's interpretation of "Different Names for the Same Thing," which features an elementary school marching band redoing the song in mildly out-of-tune glory. This is definitely something Death Cab fans will enjoy, and a special tip of the cap goes to the bandmembers for allowing their songs to be adopted so idiosyncratically by other people.
Customer Reviews
From a producer of the project
Hi everyone, I'm Aaron Stewart-Ahn, one of the creators of 'Directions' and director of Stable Song. I just wanted to say that when you purchase these and they go into your iPod, the track order is not preserved where they are put under Videos-Music Videos-Death Cab For Cutie. The order of the videos and songs is very deliberate so my advice to watch these in order would be to make a playlist in the order you see here, or find them in the music part of your iPod, where they are correct. We hope you enjoy the project.
An Excellent Idea BUT
The music of DCfC has so much breathing room for visual interpretations it's amazing. However, I personally would've liked to see other albums get this treatment. While Plans is by no means a poor album, Transatlanticism and their prior albums get me more riled up imagining their videos. Secondly, the videos are all across the board, from brilliant, okay, utterly forgetable, and downright shameful. Soul Meets Body is the most disappointing. For a song with such visual potential, its seems almost sinful to make a "family get-together" movie. I sat there in anticipation waiting for the excitement that never came. Others fail to arouse the senses, and even more try to hard to make literal connections with the lyrics, pretty much spelling out the words for you. That said, there are some stand outs, namely Summer Skin, Someday You Will Be Loved, and Crooked Teeth. A few of them, like Different Names for the Same Thing, Your Heart is an Empty Room, and Stable Song also carry potential, but come up slightly short from reaching their true potential. Despite all my criticisms, this is still a necessary purchase, especially if this your first time hearing Plans. It's execution is a mixed affair, but the "cool-factor" accompanying the idea, attractive price, and the handful of standouts make this an exceptional release.
great fun.
death cab keeps the detailed, almost photographic memory lyrics coming through this onslaught of video imagery. great fun, an enjoyable homegrown sensory overload.
Biography
Formed: 1997 in Bellingham, WA
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Death Cab for Cutie
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1 |
I Will Possess Your Heart | Narrow Stairs | 8:25 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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I Will Follow You Into the Dark | Plans | 3:09 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Cath... | Narrow Stairs | 3:49 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Soul Meets Body | Plans | 3:50 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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Meet Me On the Equinox | The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Deluxe Version) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] | 3:44 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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You Are a Tourist | Codes and Keys (Deluxe Version) | 4:46 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Grapevine Fires | Narrow Stairs | 4:07 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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I Will Possess Your Heart (Radio Edit) | Narrow Stairs | 4:08 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Sound of Settling | Transatlanticism | 2:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Transatlanticism | Transatlanticism | 7:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- $13.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Indie Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock, Rock, Adult Alternative
- Released: Mar 27, 2006
- ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved.
