Death Cab for Cutie has a new single out called “Gold Rush”. The song has a very catchy rhythm and deep, retrospective lines.
According to the band’s frontman Ben Gibbard, the song is about his long-time home in Capitol Hill. “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become acutely aware of how I connect my memories to my geography and [how] the landscape of the city changes,” he told NPR. “I’ll walk down Broadway and walk past a location that used to be a bar I’d frequent with friends, or somewhere where I had a beautifully intense conversation with somebody that I once loved very much.” Gibbard explained that the song is really an observation of change and coming to terms with new phases of life, not a complaint of the past.
