Ben Gibbard’s covers are held in pretty high esteem. from his various projects. How many people had heard of “Such Great Heights” before Gibbard’s project Postal Service covered it?
So, when Gibbard calls a track his “favorite song of the year” and covers it during a rare solo performance, the action carries some weight in the music community.
On Saturday during a show at Seattle’s Neptune, Gibbard gave a tender piano rendition of Alvvays’ “Archie, Marry Me.” The song comes off of the Canadian band’s self titled 2014 debut. And we’re with Gibbard. We loved the song, too, and even
Here’s what our music critic Dylan Owens
The music captures how modern young adults suffer and convalesce without coming off as self-absorbed shlock. And despite the debauchery, their needs are simple and quaint: a shoulder to lean on, a name to write beside your’s on the belly of an underpass. But for Alvvays as for us, finding that happiness is a gritty struggle, but ultimately a worthy one.
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