Kintsugi

Pitchfork 5.5/10 Kintsugi is Death Cab's first album without Chris Walla. It was produced by Rich Costey, who has worked with Muse and Foster the People, and though it has been framed as a new beginning, little of Kintsugi gives the impression that Gibbard’s motivation to reboot Death Cab is matched by legitimate inspiration.

A.V. Club B The first words on Death Cab For Cutie’s new album Kintsugi are “I don’t know where to begin.” Despite ever-expanding production budgets, additional instrumentation, and the sonic explorations that come with a maturing band, the voice and lyrics of singer Ben Gibbard have always kept a personal, grounded intimacy to…

The Line of Best Fit 8/10 The Seattle veterans' final record with Chris Walla is ambitious, assured, and a fitting send-off.

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Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Check out our album review of Artist's Kintsugi on Rolling Stone.com.

DIY 4/5 Eight albums in – Death Cab For Cutie are born again; a little cracked, but all the more golden for it.

The Skinny 3/5 “You’ve haunted me all my life,” runs Ben Gibbard’s refrain near the midpoint of Death Cab For Cutie’s latest. The feeling’s somewhat mutual.

Under The Radar 5.5/10 Kintsugi, Death Cab for Cutie's newest album and the follow-up to 2011's Codes and Keys, takes its title from the Japanese art of piecing broken pottery back together; this is especially apt, given recent changes to the group.

Clash 7/10 Music Review: Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi

Slant 3/5 Though it’s a return to form for the band, Kintsugi falters is in its sacrifice of momentum for structure.

The Guardian 3/5 Marked by departures, this is an understandably sombre record, and its epic indie rock is occasionally overwrought<br /><br />