Death Cab for Cutie/YMMV

• Covered Up : "The Face that Launched 1000 Shits" off of Something About Airplanes is a cover of a Revolutionary Hydra song. Although no recordings exist of the original Hydra song. It was generally only played live.
• Crowning Music of Awesome: "Transatlanticism" has very few critics. The title track is a live show staple, and is always performed at the end.
  • "Soul Meets Body" is just ridiculously catchy.
  • "Plans" in general is a very well-made album.
• Ending Fatigue: Depending upon who you ask, the lengthy coda to "Stability" is an example of this.
• Face of the Band: Ben, in both Death Cab and The Postal Service.
  • Chris Walla is the only other member most casual fans can name, and only then because of his work as a producer.
• Fanon Discontinuity: Their cover of "This Charming Man" never existed. Neither did "Flustered/Hey Tomcat!".
• Misaimed Fandom: Arguably, I Will Possess Your Heart, a song that many take as an anthem to continue pursuing an uninterested love interest when, in reality, it's just a dark song about a stalker whose affection will likely never be returned.
  • This example is actually Word of God according to "this."
• More Popular Spinoff: The band originally started as a solo project for Gibbard, who was, at the time, the guitarist for the band Pinwheel.
• Ruined FOREVER: "Meet Me on the Equinox", Death Cab's contribution to the New Moon soundtrack. For a while there, a few people were frightened that the song would become a Top 40 pop hit for no other reason than the fact that it was in a Twilight movie. It didn't.
• Seasonal Rot: Narrow Stairs suffered this criticism from fans when it first came out. It now seems that the band's fans have now grown to like it.
• Starting Fatigue: "I Will Possess Your Heart", which takes four minutes of gradual instrumental build up to get to the first line. That said, it is an epic four minutes.
• Weird Al Effect: The bands name was taken from the title of a song by the musical comedy troupe, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
• The Woobie: There's a Woobie character in 95% of Death Cab songs.