# Ben Gibbard
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Benjamin Gibbard (born August 11, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, with whom he has recorded nine studio albums, and as one half of the electronica act the Postal Service. Gibbard released his debut solo album, Former Lives, in 2012, and a collaborative studio album, One Fast Move or I'm Gone (2009) with Jay Farrar.
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Plans was Death Cab For Cutie's major label debut and remains their most enduring mainstream success. This week, we discuss the production process at the legendary Long View Farm studio, Ben Gibbard's heart-wrenching lyrics about love and death, and the album's impact on our lives to this day.
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Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs with Blake Correll
This week we're joined by Broken Left Foot frontman Blake Correll to discuss Narrow Stairs, Death Cab For Cutie's dark and adventurous follow-up to Plans. With two of us fresh from a trip to see the band in Milwaukee, we cover Ben Gibbard's Kerouac-inspired lyrics, Chris Walla's hands-off approach …
DCFC’s Ben Gibbard, Modest Mouse, MMJ and more contribute to new Neil Young tribute albums
Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, Modest Mouse and My Morning Jacket are among the artists featured on a pair of upcoming Neil Young tribute albums.
The compilations are part of the Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young series, which first launched in 2025. They are titled Vol. 2 – Out …
Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi
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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Watch Death Cab for Cutie perform on NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’
Death Cab for Cutie is the latest artist to guest on NPR’s Tiny Desk performance series.
Ben Gibbard and company set up behind the titular tiny desk and began the set with “Pep Talk” and “Stone Over Water,” two tracks off the new Death Cab album, I Built You a Tower.
They then pulled out 2003’s…
Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows
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 Deat…
Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You A Tower
It's 2026, Ben Gibbard is re-divorced and there's a new Death Cab LP!
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Death Cab For Cutie - I Built You a Tower
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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Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) with Bob Mould
On this week’s episode, we’ve got a pair of absolute legends and friends who’ve both been on the show before, but never together. It’s Ben Gibbard and Bob Mould. I’m not sure if either of these guys needs an introduction at this point, but here goes.
Ben Gibbard is the singer, guitarist, and prima…
Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard - Dave Lawrence Interview Flashback
To thank people who are contributing to our fall fundraising campaign, HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence offers a sample of another great interview from over 17 years here! We go back to 2012 and Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard.
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