Death Cab is a militantly analog band. We'll continue moving forward with our sound, but there will be no crossover.
Ben GibbardI don't want to be overdramatic about it, but I'm starting to see a lot of my bad habits get the best of me.
Ben GibbardI'm a war of head versus heart, it's always this way. My head is weak, my heart always speaks, before I know what it will say.
Ben GibbardMore times than not, it's a failed endeavor. You will fail more times than you succeed. But I think you need those failed endeavors.
Ben GibbardEvery record we do there are always two camps. There's the camp that's like, "I love it. It sounds different than the last one." There are the people that are like, "I want it to sound like the last one." You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.
Ben Gibbard