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Aug 20, 2018Whilst adhering to a pretty well-worn formula with the usual rousing emotion ebbs and flows, Gibbard’s ability to paint such vivid imagery with his carefully considered approach to lyricism does warrant revisiting, despite some moments proving patchy than others.
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Aug 20, 2018Thank You for Today isn’t as uniformly bland as Codes and Keys--if anything, it’s the strongest Death Cab album of the 2010s, a dubious achievement that nonetheless deserves recognition. But there’s moments that suggest Gibbard and the rest of Death Cab are still struggling through the beige malaise that has cast a pall over their more recent work
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Aug 17, 2018It’s a pairing that, on paper, makes sense, given that Depper’s talents with a synthesiser leave Thank You for Today feeling like a more polished version of 2011’s ‘Codes & Keys’. Yet the wide-eyed freshness of that new songwriting pairing leaves things feeling a little too shiny.
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Aug 14, 2018Nine albums in, Death Cab for Cutie are just about holding it together, but you have to wonder if the title Thank You For Today belies nothing more than a grateful acknowledgement of continued existence.
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MojoAug 10, 2018These songs are solid. [Sep 2018, p.90]
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Aug 17, 2018For a band once accustomed to emotional turbulence, Death Cab seems to have gone numb. They do occasionally attempt to surpass that newfound rut.
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Aug 23, 2018For the second record in a row, Death Cab for Cutie are treading water, splashing about in the faded sound of glories past.
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Aug 15, 2018Thank You for Today is Death Cab for Cutie’s weakest album of the decade and either a transition towards something greater or the first harbinger of creative decline.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 29
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Mixed: 8 out of 29
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Negative: 1 out of 29
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Sep 6, 2018
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Aug 19, 2018
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Nov 6, 2018