Death Cab for Cutie ndi gulu lina la rock laku America. Idakhazikitsidwa ku 1997 ku Washington state. Kwa zaka zambiri, gululi lakula kuchoka pa pulojekiti yaying'ono kupita ku imodzi mwamasewera osangalatsa kwambiri a nyimbo za indie rock za m'ma 2000. Ankakumbukiridwa chifukwa cha mawu okhudza mtima a nyimbozo komanso kamvekedwe kake ka nyimbo zachilendo.
Anyamatawo adabwereka dzina lachilendo kuchokera ku nyimbo ya Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, yomwe inalembedwa ndi Neil Innes ndi Vivian Stanshall.
Mamembala a Death Cab a Cutie:
- Benjamin (Ben) Gibbard - woyimba nyimbo, woyimba gitala, woyimba piyano (1997-pano), woyimba ng'oma (1997, 2000), woyimba gitala wa bass (1997);
- Nick Harmer - bass (1997-pano), mawu ochirikiza (2008-pano)
- Jason McGerr - drummer (2003-pano)
- Dave Depper - woyimba gitala, woyimba keyboard, woyimba kumbuyo (2016-pano)
- Zac Rae - woyimba makiyibodi, woyimba gitala (2016-pano)
Zaka Zoyambirira za Death Cab ya Cutie (1997-2003)
Poyamba, gululi linkawoneka ngati pulojekiti yokha ya Ben Gibbard. M'mbuyomu adalemba nyimbo zake pansi pa dzina la All-Time Quarterback. Poyamba anagwiritsa ntchito dzina lakuti Death Cab kwa Cutie pa kaseti. Kutulutsidwa kwake kunapambana kwa woimbayo, ndipo Gibbard adaganiza zokulitsa gululo. Adabweretsa woyimba gitala Chris Walla, woyimba bassist Nick Harmer ndi woyimba ng'oma Nathan Good.
Gululi lidapangidwa ku Washington DC, kotero nyimbo zina zili ndi zonena za komwe adachokera. Anayi adatulutsa chimbale chawo choyamba cha Something About Airplanes mu 1998. Olemba nyimbo adamutamanda kwambiri.
Posakhalitsa Nathan Good adasiya gululo ndipo adalowedwa m'malo ndi Jayson Tolzdorf-Larson. Pambuyo pake, Tolzdorf-Larson adasinthidwa ndi Michael Schorr.
Mu 2001, Death Cab for Cutie adatulutsa chimbale chawo chachitatu, The Photo Album. Ndipo nyimbo ya "A Movie Script Ending" idafika pa 123 pa chart yaku UK. Mu 2003, Michael Schorr adalowa m'malo mwa Jason McGerr. Ntchito yake yoyamba inali ndi chimbale chotsatira "Transatlanticism", chomwe chinatamandidwa ndi otsutsa ambiri. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, chitukuko cha malonda cha Death Cab for Cutie chinayamba.
Kusaina mgwirizano wofunikira (2004-2006)
Gululo lidayesa kulumikizana ndi zolemba zingapo kwa nthawi yayitali, koma mpaka pomwe adatulutsa chimbale chawo chachinayi, Transatlanticism, adakwanitsa kutero. Ndi iye amene anabweretsa ufulu wolenga kwa ochita masewerawo. Jordan Kurland, manejala wa gululo, pambuyo pokambirana zambiri, adaganiza kuti zoperekedwa ndi Atlantic Records zinali zabwino kwambiri.
Album lotsatira "Plans" linatulutsidwa mu 2005. Inapezanso kupambana kwakukulu ndi malonda. Nyimbo ya "I Will Follow You into the Dark" ndiyo nyimbo yogulitsidwa kwambiri mpaka pano. Mu 2005, Death Cab for Cutie inatulutsa DVD, yomwe inaperekedwa kuti ilimbikitse ntchito zosamalira nyama.
Death Cab for Cutie's heyday (2007-2009)
Mu 2007, mamembala a gulu adanena kuti chimbale chotsatira chidzakhala chachilendo ndipo sichingafanane ndi zakale. Iwo anachitcha chochititsa chidwi ndi chochititsa mantha. M'mafunso ena, oimbawo adanena kuti omvera amayembekezera zodabwitsa.
Zotsatira zake, "Masitepe Opapatiza" (ndicho chomwe chidatchedwa chimbale ichi) chinatulutsidwa mu 2008. Mmodzi mwa otsutsa - James Montgomery adanena kuti chimbale ichi chikhoza kukweza ntchito ya ochita masewera ndikuyipha. Pamapeto pake, "Masitepe Ang'onoang'ono" ndi imodzi "I Will Possess Your Heart" adasankhidwa pa 51 Grammy Awards. Koma, mwatsoka, sanathe kupambana m'magulu aliwonse.
Albumyi inafika pa # 1 pa chartboard ya Billboard mu 2008. Komabe, malinga ndi Gibbard, nyimbozi zinali zokhumudwitsa kwambiri m'mbiri ya gululi. Mu 2009, gululo linalemba nyimbo ya "Meet me on the equinox", yomwe idakhala nyimbo yachiwiri ya Stephenie Meyer's New Moon saga. Kenako, kopanira anajambula ndi zidutswa za filimuyo.
Nthawi ya ma Album atatu ofunika kwambiri (2010-2016)
Codes and Keys idatulutsidwa mu 2011. Ben Gibbard ndi Nick Harmer adanena kuti chimbale ichi "chidali chochepa kwambiri cha gitala kuposa ena". Ndiponso, nyimbo zonena za kuzunzika kwachikondi zinaloŵedwa m’malo ndi mawu olimbikitsa. Chimbalechi chidasankhidwanso kukhala Grammy, koma adalepheranso kupambana mugululi.
Mu 2012, gululi linali ndi ulendo waukulu m'mayiko onse padziko lapansi. Masewero ambiriwa adawonjezera kutchuka kwa gulu lodziwika kale la indie rock.
Rich Costey adapanga chimbale chachisanu ndi chitatu makamaka kwa anyamata. Ntchito yozama komanso kujambula nyimbo inayamba mu 2013. Gibbard wakhala akufotokoza mobwerezabwereza maganizo ake ponena za album yatsopanoyi: "Ndikuganiza kuti kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka kumapeto nyimboyi ndi yabwino kwambiri kuposa album yapitayi."
Chris Walla, yemwe wakhala ndi gululi kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa, adaganiza zosiya Death Cab kupita ku Cutie mu 2014. Atachoka, mamembala atsopano adawonekera: Dave Depper ndi Zac Rae.
Mu 2015, album "Kintsugi" inatulutsidwa, yomwe gululi linakhalanso ndi ulendo wautali m'mayiko angapo (linali kale ndi mamembala atsopano). Mu 2016, oimba anatulutsa nyimbo "Million Dollar Loan". Izi zidapangidwa ngati ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi Purezidenti Donald Trump. Gululo linatulutsa nyimboyi ngati gawo la kampeni ya "masiku 30, nyimbo 30". Kwa mwezi umodzi, tsiku lililonse gululo linatulutsa nyimbo yosadziwika ya wojambula wina.
2017 - pano
Pambuyo popuma pang'ono komanso ntchito yobala zipatso mu studio, chimbale chotsatira chidatulutsidwa mkati mwa 2018. Nyimbo yake yayikulu inali "Gold Rush".
Pambuyo pake, panali zolengeza zambiri za Album yatsopano "The Blue EP", koma ngakhale malonjezano onse, idatulutsidwa kumapeto kwa 2020. Mmenemo, Death Cab for Cutie adaganiza zoyesera. Anyamatawo adaganiza kuti chimbale ichi chidzakhala ndi zovundikira za olemba nyimbo zazikulu za Georgia.
Osewerawo adalonjeza kuti apereka ndalama zomwe adalandira kuchokera kumakonsati ku bungwe la Stacey Abrams, lomwe lidapangidwa polemekeza kuvota kwa a Joe Biden pachisankho cha Purezidenti waku US cha 2020. Ngakhale kuti gululi lakhalapo kwa zaka zoposa 20, mamembala ake akupezabe nyimbo zatsopano mu nyimbo zawo.
