Death Cab for Cutieis an Americanindie rock band that was formed in Bellingham, Washingtonin 1997. The band takes their name from a satirical song performed by the The Bonzo Dog Band, a British comedy rock group, on their 1967 album Gorilla. The song was also performed in a striptease act in The Beatles' movie Magical Mystery Tour. Death Cab for Cutie began as a solo project of Ben Gibbardwhile he was the guitarist for the band Pinwheel(he has also recorded solo as All-Time Quarterback). As Death Cab for Cutie, Gibbard released a cassette, titled , which he had produced himself.
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time for the final bout. rows of deserted houses:
all our stable mates are highway bound.
give us our measly sum:
getting the air inside my lungs is heavenly.
we're starting out with nothing but crippling doubt.
we'll rest easy (justified).
i've suffered a swift defeat, i'll endure countless repeats.
the gift of memory is an awful curse.
with age it just gets much worse, but i won't mind.