Ben Gibbard lost weight, grew his hair out, affixed Neil Young sideburns to the side of his face, and got engaged to Zooey Deschanel. Add those things together and it's hard to find a recent writeup that doesn't include at least a passing mention of the Death Cab For Cutie frontman's appearance. Which is maybe why he's kept such a low profile in the last two Narrow Stairs video clips: He was nowhere to be seen in "No Sunlight" and the new Walter Robot-concocted "Grapevine Fires" only gives us a passing view of a cartoon Ben (good to see the sideburns are rendered accurately, natch). It's a bummer of a video to offer up on a Friday afternoon, but it is only a matter of time before we all burn.
TGIF.
Narrow Stairs is out now on Atlantic.
