Recording
While tracking the vocals for a different song, technical issues arose with one of the headphones. Producer and guitarist Chris Walla told Gibbard to take a break while the issues were being addressed. Gibbard picked up his Stella guitar and began playing "I Will Follow You into the Dark", originally planned to be recorded later in the sessions. Gibbard's playing was still going through the vocal microphone while playing, and Walla was impressed by the sound, leading him to suggest they do a quick tracking of the performance. It was this mono recording that appears on the album Plans, with the only editing being mild compression and de-essing. Due to the impromptu nature of the recording, the vocals are much louder than the guitar, and you can also hear Gibbard breathing in the beginning of the song.
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