The Postal Service

[casey]

[luckyface]

after re-listening to give-up for the first time in awhile, i really forgot how much i love natural anthem.

Best song on the album. I love that drum build-up at the beginning!

[themule]

Can someone post some live performances where they aren't playing in a studio please? i need to be convinced this isn't going to suck, in the few times i've seen them live, its never translated for me and i've always left very disappointed (admittedly I hate Ben Gibbards voice). This is an amazing headphone/driving in your car album, but i'll be damned if I've heard of anyone who's seen them live being blown away, or not disappointed even...

those who have seen them live several times, please correct me if i'm wrong. Saturday night is just too packed with amazing shit to walk away from another disappointing Postal Service show, reunion or not.

[casey]

Can someone post some live performances where they aren't playing in a studio please? i need to be convinced this isn't going to suck, in the few times i've seen them live, its never translated for me and i've always left very disappointed (admittedly I hate Ben Gibbards voice). This is an amazing headphone/driving in your car album, but i'll be damned if I've heard of anyone who's seen them live being blown away, or not disappointed even...

those who have seen them live several times, please correct me if i'm wrong. Saturday night is just too packed with amazing shit to walk away from another disappointing Postal Service show, reunion or not.

I've not seen them, but I'm in your boat. I'm expecting to be disappointed based on videos I've seen and tales I've heard, but trying to keep an open mind.

[syrrus101]

Well if everyone is reporting that she will be with them on the tour that goes all around and in between Coachella dates, then I would expect her to be there. Its not like she will miss Coachella because every Saturday her and Watson Twins go out for ladies night.

http://www.apeconcerts.com/popArtist07.cfm?cID=3836

"Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley fame will accompany Gibbard and Tamborello."

Confirmed

[amyzzz]

His voice is an acquired taste. He sings in such a strange, sincere, kind of whiny tone.

[Mr. Porter]

Gonna see them at the Barclays. Swag

[Trick Loves The Kids]

Tried to get tickets for the SLO show, forgot about the onsale and by 45 minutes later it was fully sold out. Luckily the Davis show went on sale an hour after the SLO show and I got two tickets to that, but it was fully sold out a couple of minutes later. Pretty crazy.

[mrcowgoesmoo]

Their new song premiered this morning. What does everyone think?

[heart cooks brain]

i like that it sounds a bit more fleshed out than a lot of songs on give up.

[Miroir Noir]

It sounds like latter-day Death Cab, if it were produced by Diplo. Not good.

[Y0UNGBL00D]

definitely one of my must sees. which is funny really, if you think about it, if DCFC were playing coachella, they'd be in smaller sized letters on the poster. The reunion and their sound jsut lend themselves better to something like this i guess. i've seen DCFC 3x, this will be awesome.

[Y0UNGBL00D]

Their new song premiered this morning. What does everyone think?

havent checked this. when i get off work...

[Grant]

It sounds like latter-day Death Cab, if it were produced by Diplo. Not good.

god if it were hot chip everyone would be splooging

[Mr. Porter]

I like it

[heart cooks brain]

definitely one of my must sees. which is funny really, if you think about it, if DCFC were playing coachella, they'd be in smaller sized letters on the poster. The reunion and their sound jsut lend themselves better to something like this i guess. i've seen DCFC 3x, this will be awesome.

death cab subheadlined in '08.

[Miroir Noir]

Yes, it's nothing but a Hot Chip circle-jerk around here.

[involvelemons]

Their new song premiered this morning. What does everyone think?

I love everything about this band, and I'm glad they've finally gone from "guilty pleasure" status to "pleasure."

But doesn't that note he bends all bluesy-like on the chorus just sound so lame? In a recent interview, Gibbard says that he thinks that people are much more excited about the idea of a second Postal Service album than they actually would be with a second album. I bet he's right.

[koryp]

I waited for my wife to get home before we listened to this. I built up all this anticipation about how interesting and awesome this would be, I put it on and listened and it was a Club 75 experience for me. Vaguely familiar, remniscant of what my mind imagined, but ultimately a let down. I wanted to change the track before it was even done and had to listen to Give Up to get over it.

[LickTheLizzard]

I couldn't listen to the whole song.

[thagorillaz]

havent checked this. when i get off work...

What possible reason could you have had for posting this?

It's pretty good. I'm glad they seem to understand that their appeal is primarily nostalgic. That makes me hopeful for their live show.

[COACHELLA_GIN]

It's a song that they need if there gonna do some major touring, pretty much any new music there gonna put out is gonna need to be more upbeat than "Give Up" so their show has more energy. I love The Postal Service but you gotta admit that it wouldn't be hard to pass out to "This Place is a Prison" after a long Saturday.

[Jakedeez]

I think the new song my be better if it was slowed down a tad

[welgo800]

god if it were hot chip everyone would be splooging

hot chip is much better than this...even better live

[HeavensWeep]

In a recent interview, Gibbard says that he thinks that people are much more excited about the idea of a second Postal Service album than they actually would be with a second album. I bet he's right.

Ben knows what he's talking about. Sometimes timing really is everything, and the Postal Service happened when the bridging of IDM and indie rock was a novel thing (and they did it well). Kinda like how the Notwist haven't made any splashes at relevancy since Neon Golden.

[themule]

I think the new song my be better if it was slowed down a tad

completely agree...and remove ben gibbards voice...actually, remove his voice from every Postal Service song.

[heart cooks brain]

Ben knows what he's talking about. Sometimes timing really is everything, and the Postal Service happened when the bridging of IDM and indie rock was a novel thing (and they did it well). Kinda like how the Notwist haven't made any splashes at relevancy since Neon Golden.

agreed. i'm not interested in a new album at all. let's see them play give up, maybe a new song and fin...

[Y0UNGBL00D]

What possible reason could you have had for posting this?

It's pretty good. I'm glad they seem to understand that their appeal is primarily nostalgic. That makes me hopeful for their live show.

what possible reason could you have to have read this and taken time out of your day to respond to it? i was bookmarking for later reading, since i cant watch or listen to shit at my job. secondary motive, postal service nostalgia/excitement.

that said, i agree with you.

[xuclarockerx]

Wow, not bad. Does anyone else hear way more traditional synth-pop (almost early Depeche Mode) than anything from Give Up?

[ialvarado2]

death cab subheadlined in '08.

I think DCFC could definitely headline at any time... I mean, if Phoenix and the TSR are headlining...

Maybe in 2015.