Claude says:Death Cab's 1998 debut was tracked on eight-track in a Bellingham rental, with vocals mic'd through a hole in the floor from the attic to the living room — lo-fi logistics that matched Ben Gibbard's obsession with Built to Spill's Perfect from Now On and slower indie acts like Bedhead. You gave it a quick spin in August 2020, gravitating to "Bend to Squares" and "Champagne From a Paper Cup," but it didn't stick around.