Ben Gibbard Releases 'Former Lives'

Ben Gibbard's solo album Former Lives hits shelves today. If you haven't heard it, the whole thing is up on Youtube (legally!) so you can take it for a spin like I did last night. My first thought? This is definitely not a Death Cab album, and I'm also painfully aware it's not a Postal Service album so that leads me to believe that this might just be a first shot at pure Ben Gibbard. Anyway, stew on that for a while, and expect a full review of the album soon.