Death Cab For Cutie joins host Stephen Kallao

Death Cab For Cutie’s new album Asphalt Meadows is the result of a songwriting experiment that went…very well! Each band member was allowed to spend 24 hours on a song, before passing the track along to the next person who had free reign to do with it as they wished, no strings attached. On this Encore episode of World Cafe, lead singer Ben Gibbard and Dave Depper share about why this was a success, but probably wouldn’t have been if they were all in their ‘20s. Plus, Death Cab performs some of the new music live.

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*The Rolling Stones “Miss You” Some Girls
Death Cab For Cutie “Crooked Teeth” Recorded live for World Cafe
Death Cab For Cutie “Here To Forever” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Death Cab for Cutie “Roman Candles” Asphalt Meadows
Death Cab for Cutie “Roman Candles” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Death Cab for Cutie “Title And Registration” Recorded Live for World Cafe
boygenius “Not Strong Enough” The Record
Radiohead “Knives Out” Amnesiac
Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” New Wave Hits – ” Vol 2

Hour Two
*Stevie Lacy “Bad Habit” Gemini Rights
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “Death Wish” Weathervanes
The Police “One World” Ghost In The Machine
Warren Zevon “Lawyers, Guns and Money” Recorded Live For The World Café
Mt.Joy “Silver Lining” Recorded Live For World Café
Mavis Staples “Have A Little Faith” Recorded Live For World Café
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram “662” Recorded Live For World Café
The New Pornographers “Really Really Light” Continue As A Guest
Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” Melophobia
Bonnie Raitt “I Know” Give It Up
Ben Harper “Better Way” Both Sides Of The Gun
Josh Ritter “For Your Soul” Spectral

*Optional Song