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“Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar – One Fast Move or I’m Gone” Album Review

Close your eyes. Envision yourself driving down the California coastline, windows down, wind blowing through your hair. Stopping at every scenic point, just taking all of the environment in, seeing the ocean, watching the others drive by from point to point, wherever they may need to go. Now open your eyes. Ben Gibbard has successfully captured [...]

Death Cab’s Gibbard and Son Volt’s Farrar Pay Respects to the Dead

Thanks to Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, alongside Son Volt’s Jay Farrar, the influential works of American author Jack Kerouac will live on in the form of a 12-track album set for release this October. The two band frontmen (who had never previously met) became close over the collective writings of Kerouac while recording tracks [...]

Ben Gibbard(Death Cab For Cutie) Project

Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard will be releasing a new album on October 20th with Son Volt’s Jay Farrar entitiled One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur.  The album is based on Kerouac’s novel Big Sur, published in 1962.  Here is the track listing: 1. California Zephyr 2. Low Life Kingdom 3. Willamine 4. All In One 5. Breathe [...]