Death Cab for Cutie

I sat through one viewing, and I think that was all I needed to see. I've honestly seen films on this sort of subject being a girl on the cusp of womanhood that have stylistically handled it better, such as the film The Fits. The girls in this film, not even in high school yet, curse like sailors and dress inappropriately, an awkward and painful spectacle for the viewer as we sit there watching the main character's slow downfall into competitive perversion. Maybe fifteen years ago the film would have left a bigger impact on me. Now, having been born in myself and having grown up with this same kind of pressure and exposure to sexuality as a female, I'm just desensitized to this type of thing.

Arrange August 5, , a pop background phenomenon was unveiled to captivated American teens lusting for a taste of drama and glamour. Titled The O. In truth, creator Josh Schwartz was more inspired by shows like Freaks and Geeks and My So-Called Animation to subvert our expectations and build a more complex, character-driven storyline. Add to, he had a secret weapon: Alex Patsavas.

Individual week after announcing plans to aim a live live video for You Are a Tourist, the first definite from their upcoming Codes and Keys album, and after a full calendar day of slightly tense rehearsals , Bereavement Cab for Cutie were finally adept to breathe a sigh of aid. Not only did Tourist — which was shot live, with multiple cameras, in one single take and advertise for the entire world via YouAreATourist. Directed by Tim Nackashi and based on a concept by frequent agent Aaron Stewart-Ahn, the video was clever, eye-catching and ambitious, to say the very least. Featuring an intricate, capricious set, expert use of projections, a bevy of background actors and a dozen dancers who engaged in a few seriously kaleidoscopic Busby Berkeley dance sequences, Tourist followed Death Cab frontman Ben Gibbard and his bandmates as they wandered through the controlled madness — and wore some genuinely nifty light-up suits too. Despite the fact so as to they were filming it live, around wasn't a single noticeable screw-up. Gibbard and his mates hit all their marks and tried their best en route for hide some actual I can't accept as true this is really happening grins , the dancers were perfectly synced, the cameras were on cue and, by the very end — perhaps recognizing this — everyone, from the belt to Nackashi to the dancers stood in the center of the act, clapping and cheering wildly, as Gibbard thanked everyone for their hard act. Really, despite the fact they were doing this live before the complete world, DCFC weren't really all so as to nervous — even though, as they told MTV News on Monday, the potential to screw it all ahead was enormous.