I got around to picking up a copy of this album off iTunes the other day and here is my one-week impression.

Damn. I missed the boat on this one! haha. The songs that have been in high-rotation on my local independent radio stations are good, but they dont bring the sense of cohesiveness that listening to the whole album provides. Go buy it now if you haven’t already

Seriously go…

We can wait…

(”let’s make some music, make some money, find some models for wives”)

Through methods too secret and powerful to be discussed I have learned of the great Udachi. They say he has the mixing prowess of ten men, though which ten men was never fully explained.

Starting with a skit drawn from the perfect match game it bounces with a frenetic pace into the mix. Standout tracks are impossible to pick, the thing bangs from end to end.  Truly a monster among men. Pick it up from:

Udachi’s Myspace

More Commentary:
@ Palms Out Sounds

@I Heart Comix

Tracklist below

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Death Cab For Cutie have reached that strange place in an indie bands life-cycle where they have managed to make the jump to a major label then managed the more difficult task of keeping their fans while releasing another album. Their success is impressive, and the diehard indie fans that fall away as they make their way into the mainstream are only losing out on what remains an excellent, and quintessentially indie band.

Their new album Narrow Stairs is definitely a progression however and there is a sense of something lost and something gained. Listening to my favourite Death Cab albums Plans and Transatlanticism in the lead-up to Narrow Stairs I realised that the feel of the music is so consistent that when playing the songs out of order, and even mixed in together, it is hard to determine the origin of each song.

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