Dave Depper is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the guitarist and keyboardist for the indie rock band

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Music career

Depper began his career playing with various Pacific NW artists, including Menomena, Fruit Bats, Mirah, Corin Tucker, and

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. In 2014, Depper joined Ray LaMontagne's touring band; he was later recruited by Indie Rock pioneers Death Cab for Cutie during their 2015 world tour in support of their eighth album, '' Kintsugi''. Following the departure of member

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, Depper and fellow musician Zac Rae joined Death Cab as full-time members, receiving credits on the band's ninth album, '' Thank You for Today.'' In 2017, Depper released his first solo album, ''Emotional Freedom Technique'', which was well-received by critics.

Personal life

Depper grew up in

Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in central Oregon and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is located to the east of the Cascade Range, on the Deschutes River. The site became known by pioneers as a ford (cros ...

and currently lives in Portland. He attended the University of Oregon, where he studied computer and information science, graduating in 2002. He then worked as a software engineer for several years before transitioning to working as a touring musician full-time. Depper shares a passion for distance

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with bandmate Ben Gibbard, often running between 6 and 12 miles before shows. He has a Siamese cat named Doctor Wu, after the

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song of the same name.

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