Description
Transatlanticism is the fourth studio album by rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released on October 7, 2003. The record is a concept album, exploring a theme of long-distance romance. Gibbard penned the lyrics, which are somber and focus on the need to be loved. Musically, the album utilizes ambience and instrumental sparseness as an extension of this theme. The album's title, likewise, references the atlantic ocean and uses it as a metaphor for geographic and emotional separation. Chris Walla, the band's guitarist, produced the album as he had for its predecessors. The album's artwork was created by artist Adde Russell. In 2023, to celebrate the album's 20h anniversary, record label Barsuk reissued the LP on vinyl.
