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*On the *Song Exploder podcast, host Hrishikesh Hirway talks to musicians who take apart their songs and, piece by piece, tell the stories of how they were made. Listen below.
This past March, rock band Death Cab for Cutie released its eighth album, Kintsugi. Like other tracks on the record, the song "El Dorado" was written in the wake of the divorce between Death Cab frontman Ben Gibbard and actress/musician Zooey Deschanel. In this episode, Gibbard talks about the metaphor of El Dorado and how it fit the story he wanted to tell—about separation, unrealized dreams, and Culver City. He also talks about how a few key pieces of equipment helped shape the band's creative process in the studio.
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