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Former Lives is the debut solo album by Death Cab for Cutie lead singer Ben Gibbard. It was released in October 2012 under Barsuk Records. Many of the album's tracks feature Gibbard playing all instruments by himself. Aaron Espinoza is credited as producer for all tracks except 1, 5, 10, 11, and 12.
Benjamin Gibbard (born August 11, 1976) [2] 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 ten studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup The Postal Service .
Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer have both been quoted as saying that the album was "a much less guitar-centric album than we've ever made before". [29] The 1983 album Dazzle Ships, by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), was a major influence on the record. [30]
The lyrics are based on the prose of Jack Kerouac's novel Big Sur (1962). One Fast Move or I'm Gone was a result of Gibbard's and Farrar's mutual appreciation for Kerouac's work while recording several songs for a feature-length documentary of the same name. Jim Sampas, who was a producer of the film, was executive producer of the album.
[3] [5] Gibbard characterized the song as "five minutes of build and then a three-minute song", [4] referring to the lengthy instrumental introduction that takes up more than half the song. [6] [7] Like the other songs on Narrow Stairs, it was recorded with all band members playing together in the studio, directly to tape without any overdubs ...
We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes is the second studio album by American rock band Death Cab for Cutie.It was released on March 21, 2000, through Barsuk Records.The band, which originally included singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard, guitarist/producer Chris Walla, bassist Nick Harmer, and drummer Nathan Good, formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997.
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Home, Vol. 5 is a split album released by Post-Parlo Records, the fifth volume in the Home series of short split albums featuring two artists. Vol. 5 features Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service), and Andrew Kenny (The American Analog Set, The Wooden Birds), with the last song in each set being a cover of the other performer's respective band.