{"id":7657,"date":"2012-10-29T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T22:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=7657"},"modified":"2012-10-29T15:34:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T22:34:38","slug":"benjamin-gibbard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/10\/benjamin-gibbard\/","title":{"rendered":"BENJAMIN GIBBARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7658\" title=\"BENJAMIN-GIBBARD-M-Review-SeptOct-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BENJAMIN-GIBBARD-M-Review-SeptOct-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BENJAMIN-GIBBARD-M-Review-SeptOct-2012.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BENJAMIN-GIBBARD-M-Review-SeptOct-2012-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>B<\/strong><strong>ENJAMIN GIBBARD\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Former Lives<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Barsuk]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Benjamin Gibbard is known for being earnest. The Death Cab for Cutie frontman\u2019s solemn reputation precedes him, and given his recent divorce from singer and actress Zooey Deschanel, fans might expect his solo debut to be a bit dour. To be sure, Gibbard\u2019s trademark broken heart is ever present, but this is no typical breakup record. Featuring songs discarded and half-written over the last eight years, <em>Former Lives <\/em>finds Gibbard ruminating on cities, identity and yes, breakups\u2014both real and imaginary. For the most part, his arrangements will be familiar to Death Cab fans. He occasionally goes Americana, adding extra jangle in the guitars or the odd pedal steel, but he also injects some humor, as with self-aware a cappella opener \u201cShepherd\u2019s Bush Lullaby\u201d and \u201cSomething\u2019s Rattling (Cowpoke).\u201d As with all sensitive songwriters, Gibbard\u2019s voice connects with audiences as much as his lyrics, and here, he\u2019s every bit the smooth indie troubadour he\u2019s always been. \u2013Amanda Farah<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BENJAMIN GIBBARD\u00a0 Former Lives [Barsuk] Benjamin Gibbard is known for being earnest. The Death Cab for Cutie frontman\u2019s solemn reputation precedes him, and given his recent divorce from singer and actress Zooey Deschanel, fans might expect his solo debut to be a bit dour. To be sure, Gibbard\u2019s trademark broken heart is ever present, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,656,5094,5095,5077],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7659,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7657\/revisions\/7659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}