On the band's eighth outing, lead cabbie Ben Gibbard chronicles his split from starlet Zooey Deschanel, while also making reference to the departure of guitarist and founding member Chris Walla.
But Blood on the Tracks this ain't.
While brisk, chorus-heavy pop and jangly intimacy remain the band's stock-in-trade, lyrically, Everything's a Ceiling and You've Haunted Me All Your Life recall prom night in a John Hughes movie.
• Death Cab for Cutie. Kintsugi. Warner Music.
• Two and a half stars (out of five)
Single download: No Room in Frame
For those who like: Dashboard Confessional, Modest Mouse, The Postal Service
- John Hayden
