Death Cab for Cutie debut a rand new music video in support of their latest single "Stay Young, Go Dancing," is lifted from the San Francisco-based indie rock's latest seventh album "Codes and Keys," which contains within it one of the most cutesy offerings the band have ever crafted. The rockers take the track's title about as literally as possible and the new video would be equally as cheesy and romantic, is filled with romantic scenes about a long-lasting love.This song features a string quartet called the Magik Magik orchestra. The frontman Ben Gibbard told Q magazine he wasn't concerned about falling in the pomp rock trap of needlessly using a string ensemble. He said: "Using orchestras and choirs for the sake of it is when it sounds really bloated. Look at "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses. There's no need for an orchestra to be on that song. It doesn't serve the music or make it better." Fans of beautiful indie-pop-melodies and violin sounds rejoice!
Jam! Music asked Gibbard how much of the love content on "Codes and Keys" was written about his new wife, actress and musician Zooey Deschanel? He replied: "There are moments on the new album - like 'Stay Young, Go Dancing' or the first verse of 'Monday Morning' - that are about my wife." The frontman added, "With all of these songs that I write, I want them to have as much universal appeal as possible and certainly don't feel like I want to undermine the complexity of the lyrics at times and make that happen."
In the Claire Carré-directed clip, they tell a flashback story about a love that never fades away by tracing the love journey of a couple from their old age to winsomely charming childhood as they progress through their relationship. The clip also features a whole lot of Gibbard playing guitar on a porch. "I liked the idea of moving backwards," Gibbard told Spinner. "In the beginning you see this couple who are in their 70s, and throughout the video they move through these corridors and become younger and younger and I think it's a rather touching way to show these two people."
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