Robin Hilton | August 11, 2026 Death Cab for Cutie has always had a gift for making the ordinary feel breathtaking, bringing clarity to complicated feelings in plainspoken and universal ways, with a sound that is singularly its own. For this performance, the band’s second at the Tiny Desk, the members recreate that sound almost entirely on acoustic instruments, including a nearly 100-year old zither. The band opens with “Pep Talk” and “Stone Over Water” from Death Cab’s latest album, I Built You a Tower, both stirring reflections on aging and surviving regret, before turning to two older cuts: “Title [See More…]