Years ago, i stumbeled upon Death Cab for Cutie. It’s a very un-cool way i found this band, but it’s the way i found it. So, around 2005 when i went to high school, i was very into World of Warcraft, like very many of us were. People started making videos where they were fighting other players, showing of their skills and showing of their ability to master the game. People spent a lot of time, effort and thought regarding the musical choices of their videos as it also upped their credibility and the re-watchability of the video. In one of these videos some beautiful soul (thank you!!) put the song Soul Meets Body from the album Plans, by Death Cab for Cutie. Instantly, i fell in love. I must’ve played that tune a gazillion times, since.
I didn’t forget about Death Cab for Cutie, but my musical interest strayed away from them for a while, i discovered other genres and sounds – but some time ago i fell back deep into the hole again, and wow.
I’m very big on going on concerts and watching bands play live, so the pandemic was a tough time for my concert interest. Through Spotify i saw that Death Cab for Cutie was going to play live in Stockholm, and i decided to go see them, since they’ve been such a big part of my musical journey, and still are. This was my first time seeing DCFC live and i surely will try to catch them again. The concert was pretty close by in time and i decided to go alone, all by myself – this was my first time going to a live show on my own. I’ve been alone on gigs on like festivals and such, but i’ve been to the festival with friends – so that doesn’t count.
Death Cab for Cutie played the 6th of March, in Filadelfia Convention Center in Stockholm. This is, as it sounds, a Filadelfia church, a very cool venue with great acoustics. This stop was part of their Asphalt Meadows Tour, the album they released last year. Since they’ve been active for such a long time the crowd was all sorts of people, ages and paths of lifes. From young couples, to elderly concert goers.
According to Setlist.fm they played 23 songs. 19 songs, and another 4 songs in the encore. Setlist was a good mix of old tracks, new tracks, and medium old tracks. Sometimes i feel like going on ”album-tours”, like this was, can be rough since some artists just plays stuff from the new album and barely nothing of their older stuff – but DCFC had a good mix.
Musically they were fantastic, they are so tight together and it really looks like they enjoy what they are doing, and the company of each other. Ben’s vocals were great and on point, he sounds about the same live as he does on record.
I would give this gig 4/5 tunes as a score. Recommend catching them live, if you get the chance!
Until next time, take care
SLQT.
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