Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Photo: E.J. Judge

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

(Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performs during an invite-only show at HiFi Bar in NYC

Ben Gibbard performed in front of an invite-only crowd at HiFi Bar in NYC for the release of his solo debut LP; Former Lives; on October 16; 2012 (Photo: E.J. Judge)