Thursdays are for finding old friends: All-time Quarterback

All-Time QB was a side project for Ben Gibbard that met a rather untimely end. Unlike its cousin "The Postal Service" QB was never fully released and did not have the cool band mates to help it survive.

The songs are similar to other Gibbard productions and have that familiar haunting lyrical content we have all come to know and love. The only down side is they are mostly weirdly produced and often feel like a better forgotten B-Side.

Still, there are gems in these recordings. "Plans get complex" is fun and a great precursor to other Gibbard material and if you are a fan I'm sure it will all be interesting to you.

Interestingly enough, Ben was heckled to play "Soc Hop" in a recent solo live show, to which he kind of laughed and declined. Lucky for you dear readers I have a rare occasion where Ben did play an All time song live. I believe I got it from Hard to find a friend back in the day as part of an original live set in the state of Washington.

Plans get complex.mp3

Rules Broken (All Time Quarterback).mp3