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This week we're joined by Zak Maybaum of Bleached Cross to discuss The Art of Drowning, AFI's fifth album and their most melodic and adventurous work yet.

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It's the 100th episode of Noise Floor! We're celebrating the milestone with a listener Q&A and a discussion of Black Sails In the Sunset, AFI's first album with guitarist Jade Puget, the foundation of their sound going forward, and an enduring and beloved piece of punk history.

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With a lineup change and a return to engineer Andy Ernst, AFI began coming into their own on their third album, Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes. We discuss how their style has evolved, the iconography of Davey Havok's lyrics, and much more.

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This week we're discussing AFI's sophomore album and Nitro Records debut, Very Proud of Ya. An unwieldy 20 songs and their only work with Michael Rosen, it nonetheless set the band up for a long career in the punk scene.

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This week we're starting a new series on the long and storied career of AFI, beginning with the California punks' debut, Answer That and Stay Fashionable. We cover their high school formation, early releases, and the breakup and reunion show that set the next three decades in motion.

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Our Death Cab For Cutie series is done, but we're spending one more week with Ben Gibbard as we discuss the other half of his monumental 2003, The Postal Service's Give Up.

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We're at the end of our Death Cab For Cutie series this week, discussing their latest album I Built You a Tower just a couple months after its release. We also go through a host of fascinating Ben Gibbard interviews and rank the Death Cab discography.

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Death Cab For Cutie spent the pandemic lockdown writing exquisite corpse-style and whittled ninety song ideas down into 2022's Asphalt Meadows. It's an album that surprises at every turn, and this week we discuss everything from Ben Gibbard tackling isolation and aging to Troy's least favorite Death Cab song and the acoustic reimagining of the full album.

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This week we're covering Death Cab For Cutie's Thank You For Today, the band's ode to middle age and Seattle. There's a lot to talk about in this era of Death Cab, from the process of writing with new band members Zac Rae and Dave Depper to the atmospheric production style to the knockout closing track.

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Our Death Cab For Cutie series continues this week with 2015's Kintsugi, as we break down their first time working with an outside producer, guitarist Chris Walla's departure from the band, and role of divorce and Los Angeles in Ben Gibbard's writing.

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