{"id":1112,"date":"2015-07-20T02:05:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T09:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:14:09","slug":"death-cab-for-cutie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/death-cab-for-cutie","title":{"rendered":"Episode 44: Death Cab for Cutie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;El Dorado&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SongExploder44-600x298.png\" alt=\"SongExploder44\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1113\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=5e3357d29cffb513609834fd4efc4228\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/death-cab-for-cutie-el-dorado\/id788236947?i=347522457&#038;mt=2&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/c1f345b2-62f6-46c1-9720-4ae670ad4f31\/SongExploder44-DeathCabforCutie-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Death Cab for Cutie released <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/kintsugi\/id958998203?uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kintsugi<\/a>, their 8th album, on March 31, 2015. The song El Dorado, like other songs on the record, was written in the wake of the divorce between the band&#8217;s lead singer <a href=\"http:\/\/benjamingibbard.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Gibbard<\/a> and actress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0221046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zooey Deschanel<\/a>. In this episode, Ben talks about the metaphor of the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Dorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Dorado<\/a> and how it fit the story he wanted to tell, about separation, unrealized dreams, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culver_City,_California\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Culver City<\/a>. Plus, he explains how a few pieces of equipment \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=1972+fender+mustang+guitar&#038;safe=off&#038;sa=X&#038;es_sm=91&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=732&#038;tbm=isch&#038;tbo=u&#038;source=univ&#038;ved=0CDkQ7AlqFQoTCJKV8oea6cYCFQGWiAodwC0HZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fender Mustang<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oIlFZRouLiE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhythm Master drum machine<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tc-helicon.com\/en\/products\/voicelive-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VoiceLive unit<\/a> \u2014 ended up shaping the creative process. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/el-dorado\/id958998203?i=958998212&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy &#8220;El Dorado&#8221; on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/death-cab-for-cutie-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\nThe clip of Kimbra using the VoiceLive effects unit is from a live performance of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/settle-down\/id518499685?i=518499803&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Settle Down<\/a>.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sd7GLvMYSHI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the video here<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;El Dorado&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Death Cab for Cutie released Kintsugi, their 8th album, on March 31, 2015. 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