The Sound of Settling

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"The Sound of Settling"
Single by Death Cab for Cutie
from the album Transatlanticism
Released	December 26, 2003
Recorded	Spring 2003
Genre	Indie rock indie pop
Length	2:13
Label	Fierce Panda
Songwriter(s)	Ben Gibbard
Producer(s)	Chris Walla
Death Cab for Cutie singles chronology
"The New Year" (2003) "The Sound of Settling" (2003) "Title and Registration" (2004)

"The Sound of Settling" is a song by American indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, the second single from their fourth studio album, Transatlanticism, released on December 26, 2003. The song reached number 84 on the UK Singles Chart, was featured on various movie soundtracks, and became the third song by the band to be featured on the television show The O.C..

An acoustic demo for "The Sound of Settling" was featured on the Transatlanticism Demos LP released by Barsuk Records in 2013, to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Transatlanticism's release.