Codes and Keys is the seventh studio album by Death Cab for Cutie, released on May 31, 2011. Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer have both been quoted as saying that the album will be "a much less guitar-centric album than we’ve ever made before". The first single, "You Are a Tourist", was made available for online stream on March 28, 2011 on the band's official site and the album was available for streaming in its entirety on May 23, 2011 on NPR. On November 30, 2011, the album received a Nomination in the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album. Codes and Keys is the seventh studio album by Death Cab for Cutie, released on May 31, 2011. Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer have both been quoted as saying that the album will be "a much less guitar-centric album than we’ve ever made before". The first single, "You Are a Tourist", was made available for online stream on March 28, 2011 on the band's official site and the album was available for streaming in its entirety on May 23, 2011 on NPR. On November 30, 2011, the album received a Nomination in the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album. false 2025-11-08 01:07:08 Codes and Keys 2011 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 45 Alternative Rock Indie Rock 111705 2114186 f43a92ec-f988-4640-85fb-4f3ea7f2f113 0039c7ae-e1a7-4a7d-9b49-0cbc716821a6 c4c7eec6-e04f-4c59-879b-4105a4ad3ecd /media/data/media5/Music/Death Cab for Cutie/Codes and Keys/folder.jpg Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie 1 1 Home Is a Fire 04:04 1 2 Codes and Keys 03:21 1 3 Some Boys 03:10 1 4 Doors Unlocked and Open 05:37 1 5 You Are a Tourist 04:46 1 6 Unobstructed Views 06:10 1 7 Monday Morning 04:18 1 8 Portable Television 02:52 1 9 Underneath the Sycamore 03:26 1 10 St. Peter’s Cathedral 04:30 1 11 Stay Young, Go Dancing 02:50 Death Cab for Cutie (commonly abbreviated to DCFC or Death Cab) is an American rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. Death Cab for Cutie's music has been classified as indie rock, indie pop, and alternative rock. The band is currently composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Zac Rae (keyboards, guitar), and Jason McGerr (drums). The band was originally a solo project by Gibbard, who expanded the project into a complete group upon getting a record deal. They released their debut album, Something About Airplanes, in 1998. The band's fourth album, 2003's Transatlanticism, broke into the mainstream both critically and commercially; its songs were featured in various TV series and films. The band's major label debut for Atlantic Records, 2005's Plans, went platinum. Founding guitarist Chris Walla left the band in 2014 after 17 years. The band's tenth and latest studio album, Asphalt Meadows, was released on September 16, 2022. Alongside their ten full-length studio albums, the band has released four EPs, two live EPs, one live album, and one demo album.