Death Cab For Cutie

Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

Spiritualized ·1997

"Spiritualized, 'Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space.' Bona fide classic, good to have it on vinyl. Just y'know, should be in every record collection. Real important record for everyone in Death Cab."

Beheaded

Bedhead ·1996

"So, we have here the Bedhead album Beheaded. This band was incredibly formative for us as a band kind of coming up. And I think the thing that we really connected to... was the minimalism that they employed."

Red Apple Falls

Smog ·1997

"The songwriting and the lyricism in this record and in all of Bill Callahan's writing is just so direct and there's just something really emotionally vulnerable about that and really raw about that."

Midnight Marauders

A Tribe Called Quest ·1993

"Uh, an early foundational hip hop record for Ben and I to bond over. This cover is so iconic. Lyricism, production, there's so much playfulness in these records and the lines are infinitely quotable."

Spiderland

Slint ·1991

"I really can't impress upon everyone what an important record this was. There are records that you hear and they just immediately kind of change your brain chemistry almost and this record was one of them."

Spirit of Eden

Talk Talk ·1988

"Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden. This was the first compact disc that I ever purchased. Their last two records, Spirit of Eden and the last record that they did, Laughing Stock. Masterpieces."

There's Nothing Wrong with Love

Built to Spill ·1994

"I love that record. But when There's Nothing Wrong with Love came out, this record was a true revelation. The songs are so good. They're so beautiful."

Green

R.E.M. ·1988

"Nick and I strongly feel that Green is a top three R.E.M. record. This record is just so god damn good."

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics ·1965

"I will go to my grave saying that The Sonics were the FIRST PUNK BAND. THIS RECORD IN PARTICULAR IS JUST SO unbelievably raw and unlike anything else that was coming out at the time."