For 'Narrow Stairs,' the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs - songs we could sit in a room and just play. I can honestly say I had more fun and felt more inspired on this record than anything that we had done in a long time.

He is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service and is also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback! and his first band Pinwheel. Personal life and career
Gibbard was born in Bremerton Washington where he spent his formative years during the time of the grunge musical explosion in the early 1990s.

Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard (born August 11 1976) is an American musician known as a member of several successful indie rock bands. He is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service and is also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback! and his first band Pinwheel.