In 1997, before Death Cab for Cutie was a band, Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla made an 8-song cassette. Originally released by Bellingham's Elsinor Records, you can play these songs with chords is a remarkable document of what was to become DCFC. The Barsuk release compiles the original 8 songs (5 of which were later re-recorded for something about airplanes), plus 10 tracks of unreleased early recordings, covers, and outtakes from 1997-2000 (taken from recording sessions for chords, something about airplanes, and we have the facts and we're voting yes).

Eighteen songs: president of what? / champagne from a paper cup / pictures in an exhibition / hindsight / that's incentive / amputations / two cars / line of best fit / this charming man / tv trays / new candles / tomorrow / flustered/hey tomcat / state street residential /  wait / prove my hypotheses / song for kelly huckaby / army corps of architects

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