Pans Get Complex - Music

In The Spring Of 1999 Death Cab For Cutie Songwriter/frontman Ben Gibbard Had Some Time On His Hands And A Batch Of Songs Running Around In His Head That Didn't Seem Quite Right For His Band. He Also Had A Few Broken Keyboards Scattered About A Guitar That Wouldn't Stay In Tune An Old Four-Track Home-Recording Machine And One Of Those Walkmans Walkmen? With A Built-In Condenser Mic. What Would Have Been A Recipe For Disaster In The Hands Of A Lesser Musician And Songwriter Resulted Instead In Two Charming Lo-Fi Releases A Five-Song Self-Titled CD And The Envelope Sessions Cassette Tape On The Excellent Bellingham WA Scene-Documenting Elsinor Label Under The One-Off Moniker ¡All-Time Quarterback! Long Out Of Print The Best Selections From Those Elsinor Releases Have Been Collected On An Enhanced CD Along With A Previously-Unreleased Outtake And A Hilarious Strangely Heartwarming Video. Standouts Include Why I Cry A Lovely Magnetic Fields Cover Underwater Later Re-Recorded By DCFC For A 2000 Sub Pop Singles Club 7" And The Unavailable-Elsewhere Pop Gems Plans Get Complex Sock Hop And Empire State. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All-Time Quarterback Is Ben Gibbard The Loveliest Indie Boy In The World. It's Lucky It's Zooey He's Engaged To Or I'd Be WAY Angrier. I'd Marry Her Too Given Half A Chance! read less