Ben Gibbard | Making Music, Trail Running, & 25 Years of Death Cab for Cutie
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
5 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Ben Gibbard is the frontman for indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie. He is also an avid trail runner with dozens of ultramarathon finishes over the past decade. On September 16th, Death Cab will release their tenth studio Album, Asphalt Meadows, before going on tour starting September 22nd. We talk about his career as a musician, the upcoming album, and how trail running has helped him to stay grounded as a human being and musician.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam. Welcome to the free trail podcast. I am your host, Dylan Bowman. Always appreciate having you here. Today, we have a super |
| 0:22.2 | fun episode with none other than Mr. Ben Gibbard, the Seattle-based Trail Runner and Frontman for |
| 0:30.1 | the legendary indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie. And after 25 years together, Death Cab is on the cusp of releasing their 10th studio |
| 0:40.6 | album entitled Asphalt Meadows. The album is being released worldwide on September 16th, but they've |
| 0:47.1 | already released two singles from the album, which you can find wherever you listen to music. They're |
| 0:52.1 | called Roman Candles and Here Too Forever. |
| 0:55.0 | So make sure you go check those out. |
| 0:57.3 | And as I'm sure most of you will know, in addition to being a massively successful artist and musician, Ben is also a dedicated trail runner with dozens of ultramarathon finishes under his belt over the course of the last decade. |
| 1:12.1 | In fact, we recorded this podcast only about 48 hours after Ben had finished the White River |
| 1:18.6 | 50-miler up there in Washington, which is where we start the conversation. |
| 1:23.5 | And I have to say, it was so fun to chat with Ben. |
| 1:27.0 | Admittedly, my favorite episodes are the ones |
| 1:29.7 | where we talk about running, of course, but use it mostly as a lens through which we can |
| 1:36.0 | understand the deeper things in life. And this was very much one of those episodes here. We discuss |
| 1:41.8 | Ben's career arc as an artist, crucible moments on the journey. |
| 1:47.7 | We talk about the analog between training as an athlete and struggling to create great music. |
| 1:54.5 | We discuss how trail running and the trail community have helped to be a grounding counterweight at times in his life, |
| 2:03.3 | a life that is admittedly pretty surreal at times, living, traveling, and existing as a world |
| 2:11.7 | famous artist. And I really enjoyed chatting with Ben and hope to hopefully share some miles with him on the trails in the near future. |
| 2:20.5 | He explicitly did not ask me to pump Death Cab's new album, but I feel compelled to do that here because I got an advanced copy of it. |
| 2:28.3 | And it's really amazing. |
| 2:29.6 | Again, it's called Asphalt Meadows. |
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