The Blue EP

by Death Cab for Cutie

Overview

Released just a year after the full-length Thank You for Today, 2019's The Blue EP finds Death Cab for Cutie benefitting from working with a smaller canvass. The central tune of this five-track EP is "Kids in 99," a song written in tribute to three children who died in an explosion on the Olympic Pipeline in 1999. It has clean lines but a nervy energy, and its hushed outrage provides an emotional keystone for the record, which also contains the coiled "Before the Bombs." Death Cab doesn't depart from the cool textures and subtle melodies that distinguish Thank You for Today, but that added grace note of despair, outrage, and quiet urgency does give The Blue EP a subtle and welcome emotional resonance. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/06/2019
Label:	Barsuk
UPC:	0655173118818
Rank:	6959

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Death Cab for Cutie   Primary Artist
Zac Rae   Piano,Sampling,Keyboards,Modular Moog,Guitar Effects,Guitar (Electric)
Dave Depper   Piano,Drones,Wurlitzer,Guitar (Electric)
Jason McGerr   Drums,Percussion
Ben Gibbard   Guitar,Vocals,Voices,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Andy D. Park   Vocals
Nicholas Harmer   Bass,Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Zac Rae   Composer,Engineer,Recording,Group Member
Dave Depper   Composer,Group Member
Jason McGerr   Group Member
Ben Gibbard   Composer,Group Member
Eric Sanderson   Engineer,Recording
Peter Katis   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Death Cab for Cutie   Producer
Rich Costey   Mixing,Producer,Programming
Nicolas Fournier   Engineer
Kurt Leon   Engineer,Recording
Steve Ralbovsky   A&R
Greg Giorgio   Engineer,Recording
Martin Cooke   Mixing,Engineer
Michelle Holme   Design,Art Direction
Nina Webb   Product Manager
Billy Mims   Engineer,Recording
Andy D. Park   Vocal Engineer
Nicholas Harmer   Group Member
Riccardo Schiavello   Engineer,Recording