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Death Cab for Cutie

Name: Death Cab for Cutie
Author: Autumn De Wilde
ISBN: 9780811869515

by Autumn De Wilde

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Overview

Autumn de Wilde has been photographing Death Cab for Cutie for many years. Her close connection with the band began while shooting a couple of shows at the tail end of their tour for Transatlantacism. The band invited her to Long View Farm in wintry Massachusetts to document the recording of their album Plans, and a creative collaboration was formed. She continued on tour with them for that record and subsequent recordings and tours. This book collects more than 200 of her best candid on- and off-stage images, along with personal ephemera contributed by the band and conversations that illuminate the photographs and Death Cab's music.

Synopsis

Over the course of six albums—from celebrated indie releases to #1 on the Billboard charts—Death Cab for Cutie's open-hearted pop has earned a large and devoted audience. Photographer and close friend to the band Autumn de Wilde has spent years documenting them, with unique access to their recording sessions, tours, and downtime. This book collects 200 of her candid and compelling images, including the recording of their Grammy-nominated breakthrough album Plans in a farmhouse turned studio in upstate New York. Also including conversations with and personal ephemera from the band, this is an intimate, must-have portrait for die-hard fans.

About the Author, Autumn De Wilde

Autumn de Wilde is the author of Elliott Smith and has worked with Beck, Spoon, Death Cab For Cutie, Jenny Lewis, Rodarte, and many others. She lives in Los Angeles.

Jim Jarmusch is a filmmaker whose work includes Stranger than Paradise, Mystery Train, Dead Man, Cigarettes and Coffee, Broken Flowers, and The Limits of Control.