“Robert”:http://bump.net (who has never steered me wrong with his musical reviews) says that “Plans”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plans_%28album%29, “Death Cab For Cutie”:http://www.deathcabforcutie.com/’s new album coming in September is the best album he’s heard this year. I’m really looking forward to it myself since “Transatlanticism”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlanticism and Ben Gibbard’s side project “Give Up”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postal_Service#Give_Up have gotten massive airplay on my iPod this year. “Ben Gibbard”:http://www.bengibbard.com/ is a lyric writing laureate as far as I’m concerned. On top of that, I just like seeing bands from the Northwest do well and it looks like “DCFC”:http://www.deathcabforcutie.com/ is poised for a real breakout.