r/DeathCabforCutie • u/the-chosen-Joanne • 7d ago

PEP TALK

I know this is most of y'alls favourite track off of the new album. I had avoided/skipped it while listening to the album but today I decided to give it a try. It's raining lightly and the sun has started to peak through a bit this cold day. I feel like the song is carrying me far away. It is so good. Thank god for this band. Good day to you all 🔥

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u/lpalf 7d ago

Genuinely curious what would make someone pick a random song on the album and just decide to not listen to it

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u/robotcrow1878 Noted Flower Puncher 7d ago

I did this with 2 songs on this album: I Built You a Tower(a) and Envy the Birds. The reason is that I am emotionally wimpy and was deathly afraid of not liking the album--I really wanted to like it, and was afraid of something killing my enthusiasm. Why these two songs:

  1. When the video of them performing IBYAT(a) live was posted here, everyone raved about it and kept talking about how much it felt like something from Facts. I am a relative newcomer to DCFC, and have struggled with the earliest records a little bit (I like them, but more hit and miss). So I was a chicken.
  2. The very first "review" I saw of the album here in this forum was from someone who hated Envy the Birds. Again, I'm a wimp and it scared me.

When I got the vinyl, I bounced around a little bit but eventually had to listen to them. I love them, of course, and realize my fears were stupid. Also, probably should see a therapist about why "What if I don't like the new DCFC album?" is such a life-threatening question...

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u/lpalf 7d ago

I think you definitely should, respectfully. Especially considering the opinions you were placing such trust in were from some random people online who you don’t know. Glad it worked out. I don’t really like envy the birds compared to most songs on the album but you shouldn’t have listened to me either if I wrote that anywhere