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Released just a year after the full-length Thank You for Today, 2019's The Blue EP finds Death Cab for Cutie benefitting from working with a smaller canvass.
The central tune of this five-track EP is "Kids in 99," a song written in tribute to three children who died in an explosion on the Olympic Pipeline in 1999.
It has clean lines but a nervy energy, and its hushed outrage provides an emotional keystone for the record, which also contains the coiled "Before the Bombs." Death Cab doesn't depart from the cool textures and subtle melodies that distinguish Thank You for Today, but that added grace note of despair, outrage, and quiet urgency does give The Blue EP a subtle and welcome emotional resonance.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To the GroundDave Depper, Ben Gibbard | Death Cab for Cutie | Play | 05:15 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Kids in ’99Ben Gibbard | Death Cab for Cutie | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Man in BlueBen Gibbard | Death Cab for Cutie | Play | 03:02 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Before the BombsBen Gibbard | Death Cab for Cutie | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Blue BloodsBen Gibbard, Zac Rae | Death Cab for Cutie | Play | 05:40 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 20 mins | 48 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Cooke | Engineer, Mixing |
| 2 | Rich Costey | Mixing, Producer, Programming |
| 3 | Death Cab for Cutie | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 4 | Dave Depper | Composer, Drones, Group Member, Guitar (Electric), Piano, Wurlitzer |
| 5 | Nicolas Fournier | Engineer |
| 6 | Ben Gibbard | Composer, Group Member, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Voices |
| 7 | Greg Giorgio | Engineer |
| 8 | Nicholas Harmer | Group Member, Guitar (Bass) |
| 9 | Michelle Holme | Art Direction, Design |
| 10 | Peter Katis | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 11 | Kurt Leon | Engineer |
| 12 | Bob Ludwig | Mastering |
| 13 | Jason McGerr | Drums, Group Member, Percussion |
| 14 | Billy Mims | Engineer |
| 15 | Andy D. Park | Vocal Engineer |
| 16 | Zac Rae | Composer, Engineer, Group Member, Guitar (Electric), Guitar Effects, Keyboards, Modular Moog, Piano, Sampling |
| 17 | Steve Ralbovsky | A&R |
| 18 | Eric Sanderson | Engineer |
| 19 | Riccardo Schiavello | Engineer |
| 20 | Nina Webb | Product Manager |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |