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1.	Plans Get Complex 02:41	buy track
2.	Dinner at Eight in the Suburbs 02:09	buy track
3.	Cleveland 02:18	buy track
4.	Empire State 01:36	buy track
5.	Rules Broken 03:17	buy track
6.	Untitled 03:08	buy track
7.	Factory Direct 02:00	buy track
8.	Why I Cry 03:27	buy track
9.	Underwater 01:46	buy track
10.	Sock Hop 01:15	buy track
11.	Send Packing 04:18	buy track

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In the Spring of 1999, Death Cab for Cutie songwriter/frontman Ben Gibbard had some time on his hands and a batch of songs running around in his head that didn't seem quite right for his band. He also had a few broken keyboards scattered about, a guitar that wouldn't stay in tune, and an old four-track home-recording machine. What resulted were two charming lo-fi releases (a five-song self-titled cd and the Envelope Sessions cassette tape) on the excellent Bellingham WA scene-documenting Elsinor label under the one-off moniker All-Time Quarterback.

Ten songs from those recordings are collected here along with a previously unreleased outtake and a hilarious, strangely heartwarming video. Standouts include "Why I Cry" (a lovely Magnetic Fields cover), "Underwater" (later re-recorded by DCFC for a 2000 Sub Pop singles club 7"), and the pop gems "Plans Get Complex", "Sock Hop", and "Empire State".

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released January 11, 2002

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Benjamin Gibbard Seattle, Washington

Benjamin Gibbard is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of Death Cab for Cutie, with which he has recorded nine studio albums, and is one half of the electronic duo the Postal Service.
Gibbard released his debut solo album, Former Lives, in 2012, and a collaborative studio album, One Fast Move or I'm Gone (2009), with Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt's Jay Farrar. ... more

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