Plans is Seattle quartet Death Cab for Cutie’s fifth album, but in many ways it’s an album of firsts. It’s their first for Atlantic Records, after a long and productive relationship with Seattle-based indie Barsuk. It’s their first recorded on 48 tracks, their first recorded on the East Coast, and their first with a song originated by a member other than Ben Gibbard (“Brothers on a Hotel Bed,” by Chris Walla). It’s their first recorded with the same drummer (Jason McGerr) as the previous one. It’s their first album since OC TV character Seth Cohen professed his undying love for their music, and their first since tireless touring helped bring them hundreds of thousands of new fans across the U.S. and around the world.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. MARCHING BANDS OF MANHATTAN
2. SOUL MEETS BODY
3. SUMMER SKIN
4. DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THE SAME THING
5. I WILL FOLLOW YOU INTO THE DARK
6. YOUR HEART IS AN EMPTY ROOM
7. SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE LOVED
8. CROOKED TEETH
9. WHAT SARAH SAID
10. BROTHERS ON A HOTEL BED
11. STABLE SONG