"Kintsugi" by Death Cab For Cutie coming March 31

Death Cab For Cutie are those guys who are so indie, so twee, so hipster that they draw scorn simply for existing. They are one of the genre codifiers for our current term indie music; the release their albums on vinyl, CD, and motherfucking cassette tapes; their lead singer was married to Queen of Twee Zooey Deschanel.

And despite all of this, their in-your-face-indieness never bother me the way it has with bands that have followed like Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend, The National, or Daft Punk. I can't fully explain it, but it might be because their music is so much better than all of them, that it's pretty forgivable. They've always seemed less like they were doing it intentionally, and they've gone through a lot of change. Or is it growth?