Dave Depper

Depper began his career playing with various Pacific NW artists, including Menomena, Fruit Bats, Mirah, Corin Tucker, and Laura Gibson.{{Cite web|url=http://www.needledrop.co/artists/dave-depper/|title=Needle Drop Co. {{!}} Dave Depper|website=www.needledrop.co|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://tenderlovingempire.com/collections/dave-depper|title=Dave Depper|website=Tender Loving Empire|language=en|access-date=2018-11-24}} 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 Chris Walla, 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.{{Cite web|url=https://deathcabforcutie.bandcamp.com/album/thank-you-for-today|title=Thank You for Today, by Death Cab for Cutie|website=Death Cab for Cutie|access-date=2018-08-10}}

In 2017, Depper released his first solo album, Emotional Freedom Technique, which was well-received by critics.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7817700/death-cab-for-cutie-dave-depper-solo-interview|title=Death Cab's Dave Depper Goes Solo With 'Emotional Freedom Technique': Exclusive Premiere|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-11-24}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/music/2017/06/07/19072083/dave-depper-is-portlands-keyboard-king|title=Dave Depper Is Portland's Keyboard King|work=Portland Mercury|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/06/dave-depper-emotional-freedom-technique-review.html|title=Dave Depper: Emotional Freedom Technique|work=pastemagazine.com|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/dave-depper-live-album-emotional-freedom-technique/|title=Dave Depper Plays From His 'Hyper-Confessional' New Album, 'Emotional Freedom Technique'|last=Greenwald|first=David|website=www.opb.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-24}}

Depper grew up in Bend, Oregon 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.{{Cite web|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/deathcabforcutie|title = The Duck in Death Cab|date = 16 January 2020}} Depper shares a passion for distance running with bandmate Ben Gibbard, often running between 6 and 12 miles before shows.{{Cite web|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a28171441/dave-depper-death-cab-for-cutie/|title=How Running Got Guitarist Dave Depper Into Death Cab for Cutie

|last=Smith|first=Jordan|website=Runner's World|language=en|date=2019-06-25|access-date=2020-02-05}} He has a Siamese cat named Doctor Wu, after the Steely Dan song of the same name.{{cite tweet|number=1354466272008761345|user=davedepper|title=In which my cat Dr. Wu somehow manages to make not one but two cameo appearances |date=27 January 2021}}

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