Narrow Stairs

I just downloaded Narrow Stairs the most recent Death Cab For Cutie release from Amazon.

Overall, it's a solid effort featuring the usual DCC smarty pants indie lyrics with the slow pop tempo.

This is a very polished album and definitely a progression from their previous (excellent) efforts. So far, none of the songs have buried themselves into my conscious like Amputations, Marching Bands of Manhattan or Title and Registration. But, I've only listened to it twice through. Plus, I do really like the Mondrain-like cover art (of course, when you download an MP3 version of a CD, you really don't get the nice glossy print.)

I think it is about time for Ben and Jimmy to get back together for another Postal Service album.