Già a ottobre 2013 i Death Cab For Cutie avevano annunciato l’inizio delle registrazioni dell’ottavo album che sarebbe stato fuori a inizio 2015.
Dopo Codes and Keys (2011), la band di Ben Gibbard sarebbe tornata in forma smagliante a riconquistare tutti quei fan persi per strada a causa del poco riuscito lavoro precedente.
Il disco è prodotto da Rich Costey (già al lavoro con Frank Turner e Muse), che pare abbia aiutato la band a ritrovare quel tipico sound alla Death Cab che, a quanto pare, era ultimamente venuto a mancare. Ma la triste notizia è che l’album in uscita sarà l’ultimo con il chitarrista/produttore Chris Walla che ha deciso di lasciare la band dopo 17 anni per intraprendere un percorso diverso e, probabilmente, in solitaria. Il suo ultimo live con i compagni è stato lo scorso 13 settembre al Rifflandia Festival a Victoria (British Columbia).
Questo il comunicato di Walla in riferimento al suo abbandono della band:
I think I long for the unknown. It might be that simple. I will miss being a quarter of this band, and will support whatever course Death Cab for Cutie chooses from here. I am profoundly grateful to Ben, Nick, and Jason, for the experiences that define my adult life. Truly grateful, beyond words. Thank you. I am also grateful to, and deeply humbled by, all of our fans. Without you, music would be mere ‘content’, and nothing could possibly be sadder than that. Thank you all, so dearly. We’ve just finished our eighth album, which is our first with an outside producer. That producer is a fellow named Rich Costey, and working with him in this capacity is one of the greatest joys of my professional life. Thank you, as well. There are so many others to whom I am grateful―our crew, our management, our families, the Atlantic, Barsuk and Elsinor labels, the Billions team. Thank you all. Deciding to leave the band was not, and is not, easy. It’s really, really sad. I love my bandmates, and I’m proud of what we’ve done, and mercifully, those things don’t change with my departure. Moving forward, my plans are simply to continue making music, producing records, and erring on the side of benevolence and beauty whenever possible. Darkness may find me, but I shall never choose it.
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