Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) Talks with Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches) for the Talkhouse Music Podcast

Gibbard and Mayberry chat for the very first time.

By Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches) and Ben Gibbard

12:00 PM EDT on June 13, 2016

Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry have a mutual appreciation society, and in today’s episode of the Talkhouse Music Podcast, they meet for the very first time. The two discuss songwriting, the Glasgow and Seattle music scenes, life on the road, and the co-headlining tour they were about to embark on (which is underway now).

(Chvrches photo credit: Danny Clinch)

Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches)

Ben Gibbard is the lead singer and guitarist for Death Cab for Cutie. Follow the band on Twitter here and like them on Facebook here. Lauren Mayberry is a member of CHVRCHES. Their album Every Open Eye came out in 2015. You can follow them on Twitter here.

Ben Gibbard

Ben Gibbard is the frontman of Death Cab For Cutie. The band recently launched wehavethefacts2020.com, a site whose proceeds benefit Fair Fight and Future Now, which seek to support voter rights and combat voter suppression. (Photo Credit: Rachel Demy)