I-Death Cab for Cutie iyibhendi ye-rock ehlukile yaseMelika. Yasungulwa ngo-1997 eWashington State. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, ibhendi ikhule isuka kuphrojekthi encane yaya kwelinye lamabhendi ajabulisa kakhulu endaweni ye-indie rock yama-2000s. Babekhunjulwa ngamazwi athinta inhliziyo ezingoma nomsindo ongavamile wezingoma.
Laba bafana baboleka igama elingajwayelekile engomeni yeBonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, eyabhalwa uNeil Innes kanye noVivian Stanshall.
Amalungu e-Death Cab for Cutie:
- Benjamin (Ben) Gibbard – lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist (1997–okhona), drummer (1997, 2000), bass guitarist (1997);
- U-Nick Harmer - i-bass (okwamanje ngo-1997), amazwi asekelayo (okwamanje ngo-2008)
- UJason McGerr - isigubhu (2003-manje)
- U-Dave Depper - isigingci, i-keyboardist, i-backing vocalist (2016-okwamanje)
- U-Zac Rae – oshaya ikhibhodi, oshaya isiginci (2016–okwamanje)
Iminyaka yokuqala ye-Death Cab ka-Cutie (1997-2003)
Ekuqaleni, leli qembu lavela njengephrojekthi eyedwa kaBen Gibbard. Phambilini uqophe izingoma zakhe ngaphansi kwegama elithi All-Time Quarterback. Waqale wasebenzisa igama elithi Death Cab for Cutie ekhasethini. Ukukhululwa kwakhe kwaphumelela kumdlali, futhi uGibbard wanquma ukwandisa iqembu. Ungenise isigingci uChris Walla, umshayi webhesi uNick Harmer kanye nomshayi wesigubhu uNathan Good.
Ibhendi yasungulwa eWashington DC, ngakho-ke ezinye zezingoma ziqukethe izinkomba zendawo yazo. Laba abane bakhiphe i-albhamu yabo yokuqala ethi Something About Airplanes ngo-1998. Abezindaba zomculo bamncoma kakhulu.
Ngokushesha uNathan Good walishiya iqembu futhi esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uJayson Tolzdorf-Larson. UTolzdorf-Larson kamuva wathathelwa indawo uMichael Schorr.
Ngo-2001, i-Death Cab for Cutie yakhipha i-albhamu yabo yesithathu, i-albhamu yezithombe. Futhi ingoma ethi "A Movie Script Ending" ifinyelele ku-123 eshadini lase-UK. Ngo-2003, uMichael Schorr wangena esikhundleni sikaJason McGerr. Ukusebenza kwakhe kokuqala kwaba ne-albhamu elandelayo ethi "Transatlanticism", eyamenyezelwa abagxeki abaningi. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ukuthuthukiswa kwezohwebo kwe-Death Cab for Cutie kwaqala.
Ukusayinwa kwenkontileka ebalulekile (2004-2006)
Ibhendi yazama ukuxhumana namalebula amaningana isikhathi eside, kodwa kwaze kwaba yilapho kukhululwa i-albhamu yabo yesine, i-Transatlanticism, ukuthi bakwazi ukwenza kanjalo. Nguye owaletha inkululeko ethile yokudala kubadlali. U-Jordan Kurland, umphathi weqembu, ngemva kwezingxoxo eziningi, wanquma ukuthi isipho esivela ku-Atlantic Records sasingcono kakhulu.
I-albhamu elandelayo "Izinhlelo" yakhululwa ngo-2005. Iphinde yazuza impumelelo ebalulekile neyohwebo. Ingoma ethi "I Will Follow You into the Dark" ingoma edayise kakhulu kuze kube manje. Ngo-2005, i-Death Cab for Cutie yakhipha i-DVD, amakhophi ayo anikezwa ukukhuthaza amaphrojekthi ezenhlalakahle.
I-Death Cab for Cutie's heyday (2007-2009)
Ngo-2007, amalungu ebhendi athi i-albhamu elandelayo izoba engavamile futhi ingafani nhlobo nangaphambili. Bayibiza ngokuthi iyamangalisa futhi iyesabeka. Kwezinye izingxoxo, abadlali basho ukuthi izilaleli ezithakazelisayo zilindele izilaleli.
Ngenxa yalokho, "Izitebhisi Ezincane" (yilokho le albhamu ebizwa ngokuthi) yakhululwa ngo-2008. Omunye wabagxeki - uJames Montgomery uthe le albhamu ingakhuphula umsebenzi wabadlali futhi iyibulale. Ekugcineni, "Izitebhisi Ezincane" kanye neyodwa ethi "I Will Possess Heart Yakho" baqokwe kuma-Grammy Awards angu-51. Kodwa, ngeshwa, abakwazanga ukuwina kunoma yisiphi izigaba.
Le albhamu ifinyelele ku-#1 eshadini le-Billboard ngo-2008. Nokho ngokusho kukaGibbard lezi zingoma yizona ezicindezele kakhulu emlandweni waleli qembu. Ngo-2009, ibhendi yaqopha ingoma ethi "Meet me on the equinox", eyaba ngumsindo engxenyeni yesibili ye-New Moon saga kaStephenie Meyer. Kamuva, isiqeshana sarekhodwa ngezingcezu zefilimu.
Isikhathi sama-albhamu amathathu abaluleke kakhulu (2010-2016)
I-Codes and Keys yakhululwa ngo-2011. U-Ben Gibbard no-Nick Harmer bathi le albhamu "ayithambekele kangako kwisiginci kunezinye". Futhi, izingoma ezikhuluma ngokuhlupheka kothando zathathelwa indawo amagama amnandi. Le albhamu iphinde yaqokwa kumaGrammy, kodwa baphinde bahluleka ukunqoba kulo mkhakha.
Ngo-2012, iqembu laba nohambo olukhulu kuwo wonke amazwe omhlaba. Le midlalo eminingi yengeze ekudumeni kwebhendi ye-indie rock esele yaziwa.
U-Rich Costey ukhiqize i-albhamu yesishiyagalombili ikakhulukazi abafana. Umsebenzi ojulile nokuqoshwa kwezingoma kwaqala ngo-2013. U-Gibbard useveze kaningi umbono wakhe mayelana ne-albhamu entsha: "Ngicabanga ukuthi kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni leli rekhodi lingcono kakhulu kune-albhamu yangaphambilini."
UChris Walla, osebe neqembu kusukela lasungulwa, unqume ukushiya i-Death Cab kuCutie ngo-2014. Ngemva kokuhamba kwakhe, kwavela amalungu amasha: uDave Depper noZac Rae.
Ngo-2015, i-albhamu ethi "Kintsugi" yakhululwa, lapho iqembu liphinde labamba uhambo olude emazweni amaningana (lalivele linamalungu amasha). Ngo-2016, abadlali bakhiphe ingoma ethi "Million Dollar Loan". Kucatshangelwe njengombhikisho ophikisana nomongameli uDonald Trump. Ibhendi ikhiphe le single njengengxenye yomkhankaso "wezinsuku ezingu-30, izingoma ezingu-30". Kwaphela inyanga, zonke izinsuku leli qembu likhipha ingoma engaziwa yomunye umculi.
2017-okwamanje
Ngemuva kokuphumula okuthile kokudala nomsebenzi onezithelo esitudiyo, i-albhamu elandelayo yakhululwa maphakathi no-2018 kuphela. Ingoma yakhe enkulu yayithi "Gold Rush".
Ngemva kwalokho, kwakunezimemezelo eziningi ze-albhamu entsha ethi "The Blue EP", kodwa naphezu kwazo zonke izithembiso, yakhululwa kuphela ekupheleni kuka-2020. Kuyo, i-Death Cab for Cutie yanquma uhlobo oluthile lokuhlola. Abafana banquma ukuthi le albhamu izohlanganisa ngokuphelele izembozo zabaqambi abakhulu baseGeorgia.
Abaculi bathembise ukunikela ngemali etholwe kumakhonsathi enhlanganweni yaseStacey Abrams, eyakhiwe ngenhloso yokuhlonipha uJoe Biden okhethweni lukaMongameli waseMelika lwango-2020. Yize leli qembu selineminyaka engaphezu kuka-20 likhona, amalungu alo asathola imisindo emisha ezingomeni zawo.
