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Doug S's avatar

Dan, this is up there with your best writing. Your thoughts on pain and what happens to it were dead on for me.

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Chris Banks's avatar

Came to say the same. This is really good.

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Anika Pyle's avatar

Good job Dan. Except this record came out when I was a freshman in high school so you are old.

JK I love you and this was beautiful. This record is one of my all time favorites and that was a special transformative year for me. I used to listen to "Passenger Seat" with my best friend on the way to hang out with Drew before we got together. I'll never forget hearing The Sound of Settling for the first time on college radio, coming around a bend with a big Colorado mountain ahead. Ben Gibbard has informed my songwriting more than anyone probably.

Now I'm learning Passenger Seat on piano while I take lessons for the first time as a 35 year old and consistently feel like an idiot, transforming. Guess we're both old!! Lucky us <3

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Kara Erb's avatar

Dan, your writing makes me stop, listen, remember, and feel. This article hit me directly in the gut in a way that I needed. Your ability to encapsulate and articulate life experience and existential questions as they relate to music and ourselves is impressive, always.

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Hayden Merrick's avatar

Genius

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Joy's avatar

So many tormented LiveJournal posts, I cannot relate to her any more, but I remember the sting, and of course, my boyfriend putting on “The New Year” at midnight 1/1/04 while I tried to kiss him.

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Bryan Riggs's avatar

Dead on. College and DCFC very much aligned (Transatlantacism was Freshman year for me). So many 40 year olds attached to A Lack of Color that we sold out the Hollywood Bowl 3x for that tour!

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