#61: "You gotta spend some time, love..."

#61.



The Single: I Will Possess Your Heart
The Artist: Death Cab For Cutie

Look, no one hates singles that are eight and a half fucking minutes more than me. Who are you, The Grateful Dead? Save that shit for the back of the album when people have stopped listening. And yet, Death Cab For Cutie has changed my mind here.

For a song with lyrics this creepy, you first need to lay the creepy groove down, and that's just what these guys spend the first five minutes (or so) doing. Pianos and a walking bass set the table so that when Ben Gibbard comes in ("How I wish you could see the potential/the potential of you and me"), you're off-put enough to not really know what's going on. This is not the Death Cab we've been familiar with. This is dark and moody and not mentally well-balanced. It makes the song interesting... and a little frightening.