Dead Cab’s Ben Gibbard Curates Yoko Ono Tribute Album

A new Yoko Ono tribute album curated by Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie will be released on February 18th, Yoko’s 89th birthday.

Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono features covers done by Death Cab for Cutie, Japanese Breakfast, Sharon Van Etten and The Flaming Lips. A portion of the album’s proceeds will go to WhyHunger.

The first single is David Byrne and Yo La Tengo covering “Who Has Seen the Wind?” Check out a lyric video on YouTube

Gibbard is also doing a podcast about the album with music journalist Jenny Eliscu that will debut this month. Check out a trailer for it on YouTube.