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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.

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)

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