Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Richard Swift unfortunately For Record Store Day, Gibbard released a new 7″ titled All of us who knew and loved Richard Swift are still reeling from the loss. Before The Beatles, before The Velvet Underground and before punk and/or indie rock, The Monkees were the first band I truly loved. SAVE STEREOGUM: Donate to keep us in business and Watch Queue Queue. They made being in a band seem so fun — and goddammit, it should be! I spent countless hours in front of the TV in the ’80s watching Monkees reruns wishing I could climb through the screen and be in the show with them. SAVE STEREOGUM: Donate to keep us in business and In honor of The Monkees' 50th anniversary, hear a song written for the band by Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard. For these reasons and a million others, I can say with absolutely zero hyperbole that contributing “Me & Magdalena” to this album has been the greatest honor of my career. He was a brilliant human being the likes of which I have rarely encountered in my career. The Monkees Me And Magdalena New Good Times ( lyrics, subtítulos en español) This video is unavailable. And while I wish it were under other circumstances, I am beyond proud to share some of the work we did together. For these reasons and a million others, I can say with absolutely zero hyperbole that contributing “Me & Magdalena” to this album has been the greatest honor of … Watch Queue Queue Ben Gibbard – “Me And Magdalena” Connor Duffey | April 17, 2019 - 11:44 am Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Richard Swift … Rest in Peace, Richard.Listen to Gibbard and Swift’s take on “Me And Magdalena” below. Their albums were always on in our home when I was a kid (especially Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.), and I learned to sing alongside them.

"Me & Magdalena" appears on a forthcoming reunion album called Good Times! Thankfully, he left us with a large body of work to remember him by.