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Death Cab for Cutie (commonly abbreviated to DCFC or Death Cab) is an American rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. The band is composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Zac Rae (keyboards, guitar), and Jason McGerr (drums). The band is known for a melodic sound that blends indie rock, indie pop, and alternative rock, characterized by sensitive, introspective songwriting.

Death Cab for Cutie emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the late 1990s, spearheaded by singer-songwriter Gibbard alongside original guitarist and producer Chris Walla. The group refined their sound on early releases including Something About Airplanes (1998), We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000), and The Photo Album (2001). Their 2003 album Transatlanticism marked a commercial and critical breakthrough, and, along with the major-label debut Plans (2005), helped bring indie rock into the mainstream. Subsequent albums such as the chart-topping Narrow Stairs (2008) and Codes and Keys (2011) saw the band further diversify their sound. Walla departed prior to the release of Kintsugi (2015). The band later released Thank You for Today (2018) and Asphalt Meadows (2022). Their eleventh album, I Built You a Tower, was released in 2026.

Over a career spanning more than three decades, Death Cab for Cutie have been described as "one of the definitive indie bands of the 2000s and 2010s". They were one of the major bands associated with the rise of indie rock, with their 2000s-era output producing several platinum-selling albums and charting singles. The band has received numerous accolades, including multiple Grammy Award nominations.

History

Formation and origins (1995–1997)

Death Cab for Cutie emerged in the late 1990s out of the Pacific Northwest independent music scene, spearheaded by singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard. The group first formed in Bellingham, Washington, a small college town north of Seattle, in 1997. Gibbard was studying at Western Washington University and had been performing for many years in the pop-punk group Pinwheel, but began to write songs he felt were unsuitable for the project. Bassist Nick Harmer, a year older, was booking campus gigs when he first met Gibbard. Gibbard and Harmer first got their start in a band called Shed, which later became the band Eureka Farm; Harmer and future Death Cab drummer Jason McGerr rounded out a later lineup. Gibbard met guitarist and producer Chris Walla at a concert, and the two bonded over shared interests. Walla, who was writing songs himself and taking audio engineering classes, offered to help record demos on the weekends, using a Tascam 80–8 reel-to-reel recorder. After a year, they decided to develop the project into a full-fledged band.

Gibbard took the band name from the song "Death Cab for Cutie", which was written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and recorded by their group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The song is a track on the Bonzo's 1967 debut album, Gorilla, and was performed by them in the Beatles film Magical Mystery Tour. The title was originally that of a story in an old pulp fiction crime magazine that Innes came across in a street market. In a later interview, Gibbard expressed ambivalence over the name, suggesting that had he known the band would become successful he might have given it a better band name.