Listened: Wednesday July 7
Give Up is another classic “driving to Coachella” jam we would always put on in the early years. Hearing it never fails to take me away to flying down Interstate 5 through miles and miles of farmland, shooting the shit with my friends, on the way to a weekend of fun.
It’s also a really touching album backed with unexpected music. It’s sometimes difficult for real emotion to come through a structure of so much computer-generated music, but The Postal Service succeed effortlessly. I actually prefer these songs to alter ego band Death Cab for Cutie, who play much more traditional “rock” music. The electronic music makes it complete, I guess. I wish they would release a second album, but it sounds like it was never intended to happen and won’t happen. Bummer.
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I am still obsessed with this record, it’s about as perfect as they come. As much as I would like another round, could lightning stike twice? With it being so long since this came out, there is no way anything could top Give Up.
[…] reminds me a bit of The Postal Service, as does the skittery-sweet sound of Starring. There are also constant references to creating music […]