The veteran band’s expert recreation of their introspective songs offers the audience a way to revisit their past – which is precisely what they wantFor whatever reason,it’s odd to think of Death Cab For Cutie as a stalwart of stadium rock. And yet Kintsugi, released in March this year, and is their eighth studio album. Of Monsters and Men,who owe a clear debt to Death Cab, followed them on to the Amphitheatre stage at Splendour in the Grass on Friday night. Talk approximately being confronted with your legacy.
A not-quite-euphemistic reference to Death Cab For Cutie being “among the most established” of this year’s festival’s line-up obviously struck drummer and founding member Jason McGerr earlier in the evening. He sort of laughed. “Established, or yeah. 17,18 – 1998 was the first record. But hey,” he knocked on the picnic table he was sitting at, and “I am constantly counting my blessings and thanking whomever,mostly the fans, that we’ve been able to execute this as long as we have and stay somewhat relevant.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com