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Asphalt Meadows
Rock · 2022 · 11 tracks · 42m

Asphalt Meadows

A revitalized surge of distorted guitars and anxious energy. Ben Gibbard trades his usual soft-focus nostalgia for grit, spoken word, and sharp sonic textures.

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It's the Death Cab you love, but they finally turned the distortion pedals back on and started reading poetry.

An urgent and slightly anxious meditation on aging and survival in a crumbling world.

Asphalt Meadows · vs · Death Cab for Cutie
Restless+2.8σ

Restless saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 42m
01
I Don’t Know How I Survive
3:40
02
Roman Candles
2:10
03
Asphalt Meadows
4:05
04
Rand McNally
4:06
05
Here to Forever
3:46
06
Foxglove Through the Clearcut
5:15
07
Pepper
2:48
08
I Miss Strangers
4:24
09
Wheat Like Waves
3:38
10
Fragments From the Decade
4:38
11
I’ll Never Give Up on You
3:31
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring explosion of distorted guitar and percussion that kicks off Roman Candles
The transition from spoken word narrative to a soaring melodic chorus in Foxglove Through the Clearcut
The jittery, syncopated drum machine pattern that drives the opening of I Don't Know How I Survive
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