In case it's not clear, this isn't a compliment.

I was bored & watching SNL (redundant?) last night, and Death Cab for Cutie were playing as the musical guest. More specifically, they were playing their standard boring, OC-appealing, mopey MOR rock.

And this amazing, visionary realization came to me: Death Cab are the Gin Blossoms of 2005! [1]

[1] Or, if you prefer (though could you, possibly, have a preference between these?): the Toad the Wet Sprocket; the Better than Ezra; the Goo Goo Dolls; &c.