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Chris Walla on Quitting, Norway, Alcohol, Perfectionism, and Terrible Music Teachers

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Death Cab

I think Death Cab is unfairly painted with the brush called emo sometimes, because I think there's a lot more to the band than that. Plus I don't even really know what the term emo means beyond some emotional vulnerability in the lyrics and maybe a less aggressive, not sounding like the band Boston in the guitars or something. You can hear some of that, some of that pain and that sadness in those songs, but maybe not, not in the way that you might think. It comes from like not being taken seriously as a musical personality or a musical mind in my childhood.

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