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Production and release
In October 2007, Chris Walla, producer and guitarist, said that Death Cab for Cutie's new album "is in full swing; we're six songs in." He went on to say "thus far it's pretty weird and pretty spectacular; lots of blood. It's creepy and heavy... we've got a ten minute long Can jam, and had you suggested that possibility to me in 1998, I'd have eaten your puppy's brain with a spoon."[3] In a Billboard piece, Walla promised a "curve ball" and described the album: "It's really weird. It's really, really good, I think, but it's totally a curve ball, and I think it's gonna be a really polarizing record. But I'm really excited about it. It's really got some teeth. The landscape of the thing is way, way more lunar than the urban meadow sort of thing that has been happening for the last couple of records." Walla went on to say, "[It's also] louder and more dissonant and ... I think abrasive would be a good word to use. [We were influenced by] heavy, sludgy, slow metal [and] synth-punk band Brainiac."[4] Ben Gibbard, lead singer and writer, commented, "I just don't feel like we really have anything to prove of it other than to ourselves and to making a record we really enjoy."[5]
The lead single, "I Will Possess Your Heart" was released on March 18, 2008, and the band released the single on their MySpace page shortly thereafter.[6] The song began radio play on March 24, 2008.
The album art for Narrow Stairs was created by designer EE Storey.
Apple's iTunes music store opened pre-orders for the album on March 19, 2008.
On March 31, a fake version of the album was "leaked" on a music blog and spread to various torrent sites as an April Fool's prank with only "I Will Possess Your Heart" correct of all the Narrow Stairs songs named. The rest of the songs were by German indie band Velveteen, but due to the two bands having a very similar sound, some fans weren't sure at first if the files were in fact fake.[7]
On May 2, 2008 the album leaked on the Internet in its entirety.
Narrow Stairs is the sixth studio album by rock band Death Cab for Cutie. It will be released on May 12, 2008 in the United Kingdom[1] and May 13, 2008 in the United States. The first single of the album was "I Will Possess Your Heart", released on March 18, 2008.
Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs (2008)
[MP3 / V0 (VBR) / CD]
- "Bixby Canyon Bridge" – 5:15
- "I Will Possess Your Heart" – 8:35
- "No Sunlight" – 2:40
- "Cath..." – 3:50
- "Talking Bird" – 3:23
- "You Can Do Better Than Me" – 1:59
- "Grapevine Fires" – 4:09
- "Your New Twin Sized Bed" – 3:06
- "Long Division" – 3:50
- "Pity and Fear" – 4:21
- "The Ice Is Getting Thinner" – 3:45
