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Actress and She & Him front woman Zooey Deschanel is adding a new “him” to her circuit in the form of Death Cab for Cutie front man Ben Gibbard, who after a year with the Elf and Yes Man actress popped the question just before the Christmas holiday. Amid speculations that Deschanel is actually engaged to another alt-rocker, AFI frontman Hunter Burgan, the two are basking in their Crosby, Stills and Nash -reminiscent love as they plan on sharing a roof. The two will soon share Deschanel’s uber bohemian Los Angeles suburb Hancock Park home, according to the Los Angeles Times music blog, where other hip rockers like Rilo Kiley front woman Jenny Lewis and boyfriend Johnathon Rice reside.

Already an unlikely pair, Deschanel’s indie country outfit She & Him may see an even odder addition as Gibbard’s style will likely creep its way into the lyrically mature and musically innovative material of the duo. It was a simple connection for the two artists, who met on the set of the film The Go-Getter and bonded over their passion of British songwriter and singer Richard Thompson. It wasn’t long before Deschanel’s lyrics popped their way into the conversation and Matt Ward, the “him” of She & Him, discussed his talents on the guitar. Moments later, the indie connection was established and the two were on their way to the studio for a single for The Go-Getter. “We did a Richard and Linda Thompson song, and that was one of the first things that was exciting about talking to Matt. We had a lot of the same favorite songs and favorite artists, and we admire people that I don’t necessarily bring up in conversations, because most people have no idea what I’m talking about,” Deschanel admitted to http://MTV.com.

Volume One, their debut album, appeared just a few months later with the whispy vocal talents of Deschanel crooning out lyrics about lost loves and broken hearts, while Ward leaps energetically onto the guitar strumming chorus’s reminiscent of ’50s country, ’60s pop and ’70s balladry. “My favorite songwriters are mostly people that were writing a lot of music in the ’60s and ’70s. People like Carole King and Smokey Robinson. There are oh so many,” Deschanel continued with http://MTV.com. “So I sort of had those as, like, the ultimate songs in the world, in my head. I had those people as the ultimate songwriters, so [the album] was like making a mixtape. Every day, when we were recording, I had, like, a new 80-minute mixtape!” The partners worked mostly via email during their first few months together, tinkering away on the singles individually until they came together in Ward’s Portland, Oregon studio to record the first volume in what will become many more.

Volume One was released with Merge Records and as the two every so coyly toured in some small town shows, the volume was raised not only on Deschanel’s talents as an actress but also on her skills as a musician. After receiving several 2008 Best Of category lists, Volume Two is in the works as the indie rockers plan on supporting their next work with a little more “umph.” Make sure to check out all the future sounds of these oldie crooners with your own She and Him tickets from http://www.stubhub.com/she-and-him-tickets.