Indeed, the vows happened, somewhere near Seattle. Little else is known about the details. But in our own indie-rock fantasm we imagine lots of beautiful people in pastel suits and horn-rimmed glasses swooning as Ben sings “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” to her and she replies with a somewhat out of context version of “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here” and he says “Because we’re married now, silly” and everyone chuckles and eats vegan cake. The end. No word yet on what M. Ward thinks this will do to the implied sexual tension on the next She & Him album. (Via: SPIN)

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