416. Death Cab For Cutie - transatlanticism

416.DCFCtransatlanticism,
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In the world catalogue of love pop songs I wonder what percentage of tracks are about break ups versus 'I'm so happy in love' ones. The band cleverly creates a word with its title to help set up the theme of album; a failed long distance relationship (actually probably more complicated than that, but that's up to you). Relationships are of course hard work, and one can assume even harder if a couple is spread thousands of miles apart. I too long for a time when "...the world was flat like the old days, Then i could travel just by folding a map, No more airplanes, or speedtrains, or freeways, There'd be no distance that can hold us back" - but not only a simpler geographical time but emotional one too.

8.5 out of 10