Which is your favorite Death Cab album? How do you feel they stand in comparison to the Postal Service? Ha! I saw Margot and the Nuclear So-and-So's in Philly, oh, at least a year ago? Maybe two. They were opened by a band called Writer and Ezra Furman and the Harpoons. I am particularly fond of this Ezra Furman song. I have to admit I liked the two openers better than Margot.
IMO, transatlanticism is number one by far. Narrow stairs is also great. It's hard for me to compare postal service to death cab, actually. That album is really close to me and has inspired a lot of the music that I make. I wish they would've released more music because it's not really fair to compare death cabs entire discography with that one album. If I had to, I would say it's tied for number one with transatlanticism, but I'm probably quite biased.
I completely agree about comparing Death Cab to Postal Service. In sheer volume, Death Cab has done so much more. Frankly I always liked Postal Service better but because of quantity couldn't rate Postal Service over Death Cab. So I guess yeah, I could see them being tied.
It's tough to decide my favorite Death Cab album, but I'd have to say Transatlanticism, followed by Narrow Stairs and then Plans. Codes and keys would be last, behind their EPs. I don't care for that one. I can understand that about Margot. They have a sound that's to get into, I think. their music, to me, is something to be closely listened to and experienced in a very deliberate way. Unlike Ezra Furman, whose music is a lot easier to listen to casually or in the background, so belt out, to dance to, etc.