Performing a series of covers and songs from his broad catalogue of music with Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service.
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic indie rock stalwart Ben Gibbard has taken the opportunity to utilise his time spent at home in Seattle to conduct a series of livestreamed acoustic concerts.
Over a two week period Gibbard has recorded thirteen concerts that comprise Q&As and fan requests spanning covers and his own extensive and accomplished catalogue of music with both Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service.
Revisit those below.
17 March
01 ‘We Will Become Silhouettes’ (The Postal Service – Give Up, 2003)
02 ‘A Lack Of Color’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Translatlanticism, 2003)
03 ‘Title Track’ (Death Cab For Cutie – We Have The Facts And We’re Voting Yes, 2000)
04 ‘Northern Lights’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today, 2018)
05 ‘Crooked Teeth’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
06 ‘Cath…’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs, 2008)
07 ‘Grapevine Fires’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs, 2008)
08 ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ (Radiohead – The Bends, 1995)
09 ‘California Zephyr’ (Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur, 2009)
10 ‘The District Sleeps Alone Tonight’ (The Postal Service – Give Up, 2003)
18 March
01 ‘No Room In Frame’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi, 2015)
02 ‘Teardrop Windows’ (Ben Gibbard – Former Lives, 2012)
03 ‘Title and Registration’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism, 2003)
04 ‘Technicolor Girls’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Forbidden Love EP, 2000)
05 ‘Codes And keys’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys, 2011)
06 ‘Passenger Seat’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism, 2003)
07 ‘When We Drive’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today, 2018)
08 ‘Me And Magdalena’ (The Monkees – Good Times!, 2016)
09 ‘Ceremony’ (New Order – Movement, 1981)
10 ‘Such Great Heights’ (The Postal Service – Give Up, 2003)
19 March
01 ‘St. Peter’s Cathedral’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys, 2011)
02 ‘Photobooth’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Forbidden Love EP, 2000)
03 ‘405’ (Death Cab For Cutie – We Have The Facts And We’re Voting Yes, 2000)
04 ‘Little Wanderer’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi, 2015)
05 Brothers on a Hotel Bed’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
06 ‘Soul Meets Body’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
07 ‘Talking Bird’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs, 2008)
08 ’60 & Punk’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today, 2018)
09 ‘Grace Cathedral Hill’ (The Decemberists – Castaways and Cutouts, 2002)
10 ‘Broken Yolk in Western Sky’ (Ben Gibbard – Former Lives, 2012)
11 ‘The Sound of Settling’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
20 March
01 ‘Steadier Footing’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Photo Album, 2001)
02 ‘You Remind Me of Home’ (Ben Gibbard – Home Volume V, 2003)
03 ‘Why You’d Want To Live Here’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Photo Album, 2001)
04 ‘When The Sun Goes Down On Your Street’ (Various Artists – Arthur OST, 2011)
05 ‘These Roads Don’t Move’ (Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur, 2009)
06 ‘Coney Island’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Photo Album, 2001)
07 ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ (Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight, 2008)
08 ‘Life In Quarantine’ (Ben Gibbard – Life In Quarantine, 2020)
09 ‘Something’s Rattling’ (Ben Gibbard – Former Lives, 2012)
10 ‘Brand New Colony’ (The Postal Service – Give Up, 2003)
21 March
01 ‘Lady Adelaide’ (Ben Gibbard – Former Lives, 2012)
02 ‘Recycled Air’ (The Postal Service – Give Up, 2003)
03 ‘Your New Twin Sized Bed’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs, 2008)
04 ‘Willamine’ (Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur, 2009)
05 ‘A Movie Script Ending’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Photo Album, 2001)
06 ‘Your Hurricane’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today, 2018)
07 ‘Your Heart Is An Empty Room’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
08 ‘Carolina’ (Ben Gibbard – Home Volume V, 2003)
09 ‘I Will Follow You Into The Dark’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
22 March
01 ‘Isolation’ (John Lennon – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, 1970)
02 ‘Silver Lining’ (Rilo Kiley – Under The Blacklight, 2007)
03 ‘Thirteen’ (Big Star – 1 Record, 1972)
04 ‘Waltz #2 (XO)’ (Elliott Smith – XO, 1998)
05 ‘Motion Sickness’ (Phoebe Bridgers – Motion Sickness, 2017)
06 ‘If Not For You’ (Bob Dylan – New Morning, 1970)
07 ‘New Slang’ (The Shins – Oh, Inverted World, 2001)
08 ‘Hysteria’ (Def Leppard – Hysteria, 1987)
09 ‘The Bones Are The Skeletons’ Money’ (as heard in Tim Robinson’s Netflix series I Think You Should Leave)
10 ‘Do You Realize??’ (The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, 2002)
23 March
01 ‘Champagne from a Paper Cup’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Something About Airplanes, 1998)
02 ‘Debate Exposes Doubt’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Photo Album, 2001)
03 ‘Scientist Studies’ (Death Cab For Cutie – We Have The Facts And We’re Voting Yes, 2000)
04 ‘Wait’ (The Secret Stars – Wait, 1995)
05 ‘Company Calls Epilogue’ (Death Cab For Cutie – We Have The Facts And We’re Voting Yes, 2000)
06 ‘Cleveland’ (¡All-Time Quarterback! – ¡All–Time Quarterback!, 2002)
07 ‘(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan’ (Dntel – Life Is Full of Possibilities, 2001)
08 ‘Blacking Out the Friction’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Photo Album, 2001)
09 ‘Line of Best Fit’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Something About Airplanes, 1998)
10 ‘I Was a Kaleidoscope’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Photo Album, 2001)
11 ‘No Joy in Mudville’ (Death Cab For Cutie – We Have The Facts And We’re Voting Yes, 2000)
12 ‘The Face That Launched 1000 Shits’ (Death Cab For Cutie/The Revolutionary Hydra – Something About Airplanes, 1998)
24 March
01 ‘Transatlanticism’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism, 2003)
02 ‘Someday You Will Be Loved’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
03 ‘Farmer Chords’ (Ben Gibbard – Home Volume V, 2003)
04 ‘This Place Is a Prison’ (The Postal Service – Give Up, 2003)
05 ‘Couches In Alleys’ (Styrofoam – Nothing’s Lost, 2004)
06 ‘Sleeping In’ (The Postal Service – Give Up, 2003)
07 ‘Summer Skin’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
08 ‘What Sarah Said’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
09 ‘Title and Registration’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism, 2003)
10 ‘Marching Bands of Manhattan’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
11 ‘I Will Follow You into the Dark’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
25 March
01 ‘You Can Do Better Than Me’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs, 2008)
02 ‘Unobstructed Views’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys, 2011)
03 ‘Little Bribes’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Open Door EP, 2009)
04 ‘A Diamond and a Tether’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Open Door EP, 2009)
05 ‘Where Our Destination Lies’ (Various Artists – Arthur OST, 2011)
06 ‘Cath…’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs, 2008)
07 ‘One Fast Move or I’m Gone’ (Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur, 2009)
08 ‘Grapevine Fires’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs, 2008)
09 ‘Bixby Canyon Bridge’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs, 2008)
10 ‘Stay Young, Go Dancing’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys, 2011)
26 March
01 ‘Ingénue’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi, 2015)
02 ‘Autumn Love’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today, 2018)
03 ‘Hold No Guns’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi, 2015)
04 ‘Lily’ (Ben Gibbard – Former Lives, 2012)
05 ‘It’s Never Too Late (End Credits)’ (Ben Gibbard, Laggie OST, 2014)
06 ‘Binary Sea’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi, 2015)
07 ‘December’ (Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque, 1991)
08 ‘Man In Blue’ (Death Cab For Cutie – The Blue EP, 2019)
09 ‘Northern Lights’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today, 2018)
10 ‘Black Sun’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi, 2015)
27 March
01 ‘Title and Registration’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism, 2003)
02 ‘A Lack of Color’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism, 2003)
03 ‘Tiny Vessels’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism, 2003)
04 ‘We Looked Like Giants’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism, 2003)
05 ‘The District Sleeps Alone Tonight’ (The Postal Service – Give Up, 2003)
06 ‘I Will Possess Your Heart’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs, 2008)
07 ‘Soul Meets Body’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
08 ‘I Will Follow You into the Dark’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
09 ‘Transatlanticism’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism, 2003)
10 ‘Such Greats Heights’ (The Postal Service – Give Up, 2003)
28 March
01 ‘Me And Magdalena’ (The Monkees – Good Times!, 2016)
02 ‘Underwater!’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Underwater!, 2000)
03 ‘El Dorado’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi, 2015)
04 ‘Duncan, Where Have You Gone’ (Ben Gibbard – Former Lives, 2012)
05 ‘Stable Song’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Plans, 2005)
06 ‘Summer Years’ (Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today, 2018)
07 ‘Life in Quarantine’ (Ben Gibbard – Life In Quarantine, 2020)
08 ‘St. Swithin’s Day’ (Billy Bragg – Brewing Up With Billy Bragg, 1984)
09 ‘I’m Building a Fire’ (Ben Gibbard – Former Lives, 2012)
29 March
01 ‘Half A World Away’ (R.E.M. – Out Of Time, 1991)
02 ‘Just Like Heaven’ (The Cure – Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, 1987)
03 ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’ (Morrissey – Viva Hate, 1988)
04 ‘Out of Touch’ (Hall & Oates – Big Bam Boom, 1984)
05 ‘Strange Powers’ (The Magnetic Fields – Holiday, 1994)
06 ‘Harvest Moon’ (Neil Young – Harvest Moon, 1992)
07 ‘Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends’ (Kris Kristofferson & Ronnie Milsap – Pure Love, 1974)
08 ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ (Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)
09 ‘Hold On’ (Spiritualized – Amazing Grace, 2003)
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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