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9.0
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BBC
An understated and subtlety magnificent pleasure
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8.5
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FasterLouder
Arguably one of their finest efforts to date
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spin
Resting at a musical midpoint between Narrow Stairs' thorny emo-prog and the precise pop of Plans
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
You get the feeling they've finally joined up the dots. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Digital Fix
This record will touch that spot and stay there as a lasting touchstone of comfort
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8.0
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The Independent
It's not entirely successful, but the overall air of alienation overcome by communion is for the most part deftly achieved
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8.0
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The Irish Times
Seasoned with skyscraping ambition
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7.5
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A.V. Club
The new record is missing some of Stairs’ emotional heft, but Gibbard and the band offset it with a broadened sonic palette
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
These are resplendent songs, the sound of a sad-sack acquiescing that life might be pretty awesome after all
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7.0
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NME
Considering what they're clearly capable of, it doesn't go far enough. Print edition only
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7.0
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Rave Magazine
Codes & Keys is, first and foremost, a Death Cab For Cutie record, so if you enjoy that familiar mix of melodic song writing and melancholic tendencies, there’s a good chance you’ll love this
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7.0
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God Is In The TV
It’s not going to topple their early-noughties peak, but this is a mature and wonderfully well written album
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7.0
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Under The Radar
The pleasures take a few listens to reveal themselves
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7.0
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Entertainment.ie
This is by no means Death Cab's finest piece of work, but it certainly maintains their place as one of the most steadfast bands in American indie music
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6.6
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6.6 |
Beats Per Minute
While Death Cab For Cutie seems as capable as ever at expressing themselves, they are running out of things to say. Or, at least, things worth hearing
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6.0
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6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
An album with a deceptive simplicity, whose huge choruses tend to overshadow solid composition
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6.0
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The Guardian
Beautifully produced, there's something worth hearing on almost every track
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
Thanks in no small part to Death Cab, there's now a permanent niche for indie pop that's smart, sad, and refined, and Codes and Keys fills it nicely
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6.0
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6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
An album so doggedly middling that it barely even strives to make an impression
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6.0
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Independent on Sunday
The closest thing yet to a follow-up to Give Up by Gibbard's other concern, the Postal Service
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6.0
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AU Review
A pleasantly produced platter of easy-listening emo for grown up kids
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5.0
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Pitchfork
Death Cab sound miles apart from each other and, ultimately, from us
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5.0
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5.0 |
No Ripcord
There are plenty of good moments, but there are just as many mediocre ones
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4.0
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The Observer
The overall effect is unconvincing, like something spindly pumped on steroids
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4.0
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4.0 |
PopMatters
The sound of Death Cab at their most generic, disjointed, and disinterested
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4.0
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Of the entire affair, the tad overwrought Arcade Fire tribute that is the title track is the only one to lay justifiable claim to future setlist real estate
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