Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) Shares the Records That Shaped Him | Discogs Listening Room

Most of us start the morning by looking at our phones. Singer/songwriter Ben Gibbard, the creative force behind Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service, starts each morning with deep listening. “I can’t wait to drink coffee, and I can’t wait to put a record on,” says Gibbard. This approach to deep listening has shaped Gibbard’s eclectic record collecting habits, from how he catalogs his collection to international shopping excursions he’s taken while on tour with his bands. In this edition of the Discogs Listening Room, Gibbard dug deep into his collection to share some of the records he’s spent time with through the years, from past breakup soundtracks to the first music he viewed as “his own.” These are the albums Ben chose to play in the Discogs Listening Room: Emitt Rhodes ‘Emitt Rhodes’: https://www.discogs.com/release/3426576-Emitt-Rhodes-Emitt-Rhodes Don Cherry, Dave Holland, Steve Lacy, Masahiko Tagashi ‘Live At Yubin Chokin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo on May 14, 1986’: https://www.discogs.com/release/13746976-Don-Cherry-Dave-Holland-Steve-Lacy-Masahiko-Togashi-Live-At-Yubin-Chokin-Kaikan-Hall-Tokyo-on-May-14 Jim O’Rourke ‘The Visitor’: https://www.discogs.com/release/1918787-Jim-ORourke-The-Visitor Teenage Fanclub ‘Bandwagonesque’: https://www.discogs.com/release/28590094-Teenage-Fanclub-Bandwagonesque Bibio ‘Phantom Brickworks (LP II)’: https://www.discogs.com/release/32365416-Bibio-Phantom-Brickworks-LP-II Junior Delahaye ‘Showcase’: https://www.discogs.com/release/108344-Junior-Delahaye-Showcase Ben Gibbard on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/221561-Ben-Gibbard For this edition of the Discogs Listening Room, the Alpha Theta Euphonia 4-Channel Rotary Mixer, Pioneer DJ PLX-1000 Turntable, and Ortofon 2M Red Cartridge were used. -- Unlock the ultimate record collecting experience: https://www.discogs.com/about/get-started/ SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/discogs Check us on Social @Discogs: Follow Discogs on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discogs Follow Discogs on X: https://twitter.com/discogs Follow Discogs on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discogs Follow Discogs on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@discogs Follow Discogs on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/discogsofficial.bsky.social Thanks for watching! #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection