Death Cab don Cutie madadin dutsen dutsen Amurka ne. An kafa shi a cikin 1997 a jihar Washington. A cikin shekaru da yawa, ƙungiyar ta girma daga ƙaramin aiki zuwa ɗayan mafi kyawun makada a cikin indie rock scene na 2000s. An tuna da su don jin daɗin waƙoƙin waƙoƙin da sautin waƙoƙin da ba a saba gani ba.
Mutanen sun aro irin wannan sabon suna daga waƙar Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, wanda Neil Innes da Vivian Stanshall suka rubuta.
Membobin Mutuwa na Cutie:
- Benjamin (Ben) Gibbard - jagoran vocalist, guitarist, pianist (1997-present), drummer (1997, 2000), bass guitarist (1997);
- Nick Harmer - bass (1997-yanzu), goyon bayan vocals (2008-present)
- Jason McGerr - mai ganga (2003-yanzu)
- Dave Depper - guitarist, mawallafin madannai, mawaƙin goyon baya (2016-yanzu)
- Zac Rae - mawallafin madannai, mai guitar (2016-yanzu)
Shekarun farkon Mutuwa na Cutie (1997-2003)
Da farko, ƙungiyar ta bayyana azaman aikin solo na Ben Gibbard. A baya ya yi rikodin waƙoƙin sa a ƙarƙashin sunan Duk-Time Quarterback. Ya fara amfani da sunan Mutuwa Cab don Cutie akan sakin kaset. Sakinta ya yi nasara ga mai wasan kwaikwayo, kuma Gibbard ya yanke shawarar fadada ƙungiyar. Ya kawo mawaƙa Chris Walla, bassist Nick Harmer da ɗan ganga Nathan Good.
An kafa ƙungiyar a Washington DC, don haka wasu daga cikin mawaƙan sun ƙunshi nassoshi game da asalinsu. Hudun sun fitar da kundi na farko Wani abu Game da Jirgin sama a cikin 1998. Ma'aikatan waƙa sun yaba masa sosai.
Ba da daɗewa ba Nathan Good ya bar ƙungiyar kuma Jayson Tolzdorf-Larson ya maye gurbinsa. Daga baya Michael Schorr ya maye gurbin Tolzdorf-Larson.
A cikin 2001, Death Cab don Cutie sun fitar da kundi na uku, Kundin Hoto. Kuma waƙar "Ƙarshen Rubutun Fim" ta kai 123 a cikin ginshiƙi na Burtaniya. A 2003, Michael Schorr ya maye gurbin Jason McGerr. Ayyukansa na farko shine tare da kundi na gaba "Transatlanticism", wanda yawancin masu suka ya yaba. Daga wannan lokacin, ci gaban kasuwanci na Death Cab don Cutie ya fara.
Sa hannu kan muhimmiyar kwangila (2004-2006)
Ƙungiyar ta yi ƙoƙarin tuntuɓar lakabi da yawa na dogon lokaci, amma sai da aka fitar da albam din su na hudu, Transatlanticism, sun sami damar yin hakan. Shi ne ya kawo wasu 'yanci na kere-kere ga masu yin wasan kwaikwayo. Jordan Kurland, manajan kungiyar, bayan tattaunawa da yawa, ya yanke shawarar cewa tayin daga Atlantic Records shine mafi kyau.
Album na gaba "Tsarin" da aka saki a 2005. Hakanan ya sami nasara mai mahimmanci da kasuwanci. Waƙar "Zan Bi Ka Cikin Duhu" ita ce waƙar da aka fi sayar da ita har yanzu. A cikin 2005, Mutuwar Cab don Cutie ta fitar da DVD, an ba da kwafin su don inganta ayyukan jin daɗin dabbobi.
Mutuwa Cab don ranar hutun Cutie (2007-2009)
A cikin 2007, membobin ƙungiyar sun ce kundin na gaba zai zama sabon abu kuma ba kamar na baya ba. Sun kira shi abin ban mamaki da ban tsoro. A cikin wasu hirarraki, masu wasan kwaikwayon sun ambaci cewa abubuwan ban mamaki masu ban sha'awa suna jiran masu sauraro.
A sakamakon haka, "Ƙananan Matakai" (wanda ake kira wannan kundin) an sake shi a 2008. Daya daga cikin masu sukar - James Montgomery ya ce wannan kundin yana iya ɗaukaka aikin ƴan wasan da kuma kashe shi. Daga qarshe, "Matakan Matakai" da guda ɗaya "Zan Mallakar da Zuciyarku" don 51 Grammy Awards. Amma, abin takaici, ba su sami nasarar yin nasara a kowane nau'i ba.
Wannan kundin ya kai #1 akan jadawalin Billboard a cikin 2008. Koyaya, a cewar Gibbard, waɗannan waƙoƙin sun kasance mafi baƙin ciki a tarihin ƙungiyar. A cikin 2009, ƙungiyar ta yi rikodin waƙar "Haɗu da ni akan ma'auni", wanda ya zama sautin sauti zuwa kashi na biyu na saga na sabon wata na Stephenie Meyer. Daga baya, an yi rikodin faifan bidiyo tare da guntun fim ɗin.
Lokaci mafi mahimmancin kundi guda uku (2010-2016)
An fitar da Codes da Keys a cikin 2011. Ben Gibbard da Nick Harmer sun bayyana cewa wannan kundi ba shi da "madaidaicin guitar fiye da sauran". Har ila yau, an maye gurbin waƙoƙin game da wahalar ƙauna da ƙarin waƙoƙi masu kyau. An kuma zabi wannan kundin don Grammy, amma sun sake kasa samun nasara a wannan rukunin.
A cikin 2012, ƙungiyar ta yi babban yawon shakatawa a zahiri a duk ƙasashen duniya. Waɗannan raye-raye masu yawa sun ƙara wa shaharar ƙungiyar indie rock sanannen sanannen.
Rich Costay ya samar da kundi na takwas musamman ga maza. An fara aiki mai zurfi da kuma rikodin waƙoƙi a cikin 2013. Gibbard ya sha bayyana ra'ayinsa game da sabon kundin: "Ina tsammanin daga farko har zuwa ƙarshe wannan rikodin ya fi kundi na baya."
Chris Walla, wanda ke tare da ƙungiyar tun farkonsa, ya yanke shawarar barin Death Cab don Cutie a cikin 2014. Bayan tafiyarsa, sababbin mambobi sun bayyana: Dave Depper da Zac Rae.
A shekarar 2015, da album "Kintsugi" da aka saki, wanda kungiyar kuma gudanar da dogon yawon shakatawa a kasashe da dama (ya riga ya kasance tare da sababbin membobin). A cikin 2016, masu yin wasan kwaikwayo sun fitar da waƙar "Lamunin Dala Miliyan". An yi ta ne a matsayin zanga-zangar adawa da dan takarar shugaban kasa Donald Trump. Ƙungiyar ta fitar da wannan guda ɗaya a matsayin wani ɓangare na kamfen na "kwana 30, waƙoƙi 30". Tsawon wata guda, kowace rana kungiyar ta fitar da wani mawaki wanda ba a san shi ba.
2017 - yanzu
Bayan ɗan hutun kirkire-kirkire da aiki mai fa'ida a ɗakin studio, an fitar da kundi na gaba ne kawai a tsakiyar 2018. Babbar waƙarsa ita ce "Gold Rush".
Bayan haka, an sami sanarwa da yawa na sabon kundin "The Blue EP", amma duk da alkawuran, an sake shi ne kawai a ƙarshen 2020. A ciki, Death Cab don Cutie ya yanke shawarar wani nau'in gwaji. Mutanen sun yanke shawarar cewa wannan kundin zai ƙunshi murfin manyan mawaƙa na Jojiya.
Masu wasan kwaikwayon sun yi alkawarin ba da gudummawar kudaden da aka samu daga wasannin kide-kide ga kungiyar Stacey Abrams, wacce aka kirkira don girmama zaben Joe Biden a zaben shugaban Amurka na 2020. Ko da yake ƙungiyar ta kasance sama da shekaru 20, membobinta har yanzu suna gano sabbin sauti a cikin waƙoƙin su.
