Released: May 31, 2011. Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop. Label: Atlantic. Number Of Tracks: 11. After years of somber guitar melodies and down-trodden lyrics from past releases, Death Cab For Cutie attempts to lighten our dark hearts with some feel good happy-core indie-rock tunes.

POSTED: 06/01/2011 - 07:40 am

Release Date: May 13, 2008. Label: Atlantic/WEA. Genres: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Pop/ Rock. Number Of Tracks: 11. After spending the better part of a decade in the musical minor leagues, Death Cab for Cutie went pro with 2005's Plans, a record whose optimism and Technicolor sound gave the band enough leverage to finally enter the mainstream.

POSTED: 05/16/2008 - 04:38 am

Released: Aug 30, 2005. Label: Atlantic. Genre: Rock. Styles: Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Twee Pop. Number Of Tracks: 11. Plans is both a destination and a transitional journey for the group, one that sees the fulfillment of years of toiling away to develop their ideas and sound.

POSTED: 09/06/2005 - 03:13 am

Released: Mar 31, 2009. Genre: Indie Rock/ Indie Pop. Label: Atlantic / Barsuk. Number Of Tracks: 5. This collection of songs is quite up-beat in tempo and feeling, which stands in clear contrast to the more somber depressive sound of their previous LP project.

POSTED: 05/04/2009 - 03:26 am

Released: Oct 9, 2001. Label: Barsuk. Genre: Rock. Styles: Indie Pop, Indie Rock. Number Of Tracks: 10. Its ten tracks explore the near misses and equally tenuous triumphs of human connection.

POSTED: 08/25/2005 - 05:35 am

Released: Oct 7, 2003. Genre: Rock. Styles: Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Twee Pop. Number Of Tracks: 11. The band has never sounded more cohesive, the track sequencing is brilliant, and it caps off a triumphant year for not only Gibbard, but a band whose time and greater recognition is finally due.

POSTED: 06/02/2005 - 04:41 am

Release Date: Mar 21, 2000. Label: Barsuk. Genres: Indie Rock, Indie Pop. Number Of Tracks: 10. Loud and soft, or most of all both, and plenty of points in between, DCFC write and record finished songs that emote, that do more than merely fill a slot in a form in a preconceived genre.

POSTED: 01/14/2006 - 12:34 am