There are musicians in Portland who seem like they’ve played with everyone. And then there’s Dave Depper. His resume is a who’s who of local acts: Menomena, Loch Lomond, Fruit Bats, Laura Gibson, and at least 18 others. He’s also toured with national names like Ray LaMontagne.

But now he’s stepping onto a bigger stage— much bigger stage. Last year, Death Cab for Cutie announced that Chris Walla, it’s original guitarist and primary producer, was leaving after 17 years. Then it asked Depper to take Walla’s place for the world tour of its newest album, Kintsugi [kint-SU-gi].

Depper made the late night rounds with the band. He’s and just returned from a month long tour in Europe. He has a few days off before playing Edgefield in Portland and Les Schwab in Bend.

Then he’s on the road for basically the rest of the year. State of Wonder producer Aaron Scott sat down with him to find out what it's like to be an overnight rockstar.