ONE MORE REASON LIFE IS NOT A MISTAKE: I like to pretend like I'm the first to most parties, a real go-getter, trendsetter-type. Yeah, right...

So let me be the first to say I was slow to jump on the Death Cab for Cutie bandwagon, and I was wrong. "Transatlanticism," the latest record from DC4C, is simply wonderful. Think Elliott Smith (of ever honored memory) meets Built to Spill, with less heartbroken wallowing than Elliott and less guitar bluster than BTS. Geez, I'd actually buy this record (if my brother hadn't already burned me a copy).

Heh heh.

Just kidding, RIAA.