Update on Postal Service (the band)
Update on Postal Service (the band). “We made that record like two years ago and it’s still selling like crazy. I don’t really know why.”
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Reader comments
Larry AngellSep 17, 2004 at 5:48PM
The best part of the whole article: "As part of their deal to make nice, the Postal Service will perform at the annual USPS convention on November 17 in Washington, D.C."
ryanSep 17, 2004 at 6:38PM
I don't know why either. Was anyone else completely underwhelmed by this record? I thought the music was ok, but the voice (and lyrics) just made me want to turn it off immediately. I wonder if the fact that I've never heard Death Cab, Dntel, etc. has anything to do with it.
MarkSep 17, 2004 at 6:42PM
I love their main single but the rest of the album all pretty much runs together. They need more variety in their songs. Sure its nice to put out an album of songs you made in the basement but come on!
shanecavanaughSep 17, 2004 at 7:38PM
I was put off by the fact that all the scenesters I know ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. Someone ended up just buying me the damn thing because they thought that it was so good, and I found that it was pretty good. Not an amazing album, but well-written, well-performed, and well-put together. It's an album worth owning for me, but I understand when people say they don't really like it – the emotional indie poppiness is overwhelming at times. I think it's an album that has to be listened to at a certain point in one's life. For most people I know, it's a sentimental album for them, and it's the same for me.
L.ThordarsonSep 17, 2004 at 8:57PM
Definatly one of my most played albums. I'll agree with shanecavanaugh here in the fact that you need to be at a certain point in your life to find it enjoyable, and fortunatly i'm at that point now so it works out well. The album's style takes some getting used to, but once I really got into it I couldn't listen to it enough.
Dave PeckSep 17, 2004 at 9:18PM
I'm a huge fan of DNTEL -- "Life Is Full Of Possibilities" is an emotional, subtle, dark work of art -- but yeah, the Postal Service album bored me to tears. They had a much better collaboration with "(This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan" on the DNTEL album. It's really worth checking out if you like IDM-ish electronic with pop tinges.
donaldSep 17, 2004 at 9:40PM
I love the quip about the Napoleon Dynamite director: "He talks exactly like all the characters in the movie," Gibbard said. "He's like, 'Dude, I've got a sweet concept for the video.'"
I'm ambiguous on the album, but I'm obsessed with "Nothing Better."
What this world needs is more dialogue-driven duets.
janelleSep 17, 2004 at 10:12PM
postal service is okay, but definitely overrated, and could never live up to dntel's "this is the dream of evan and chan"
HeywoodSep 18, 2004 at 7:12PM
The Bush twins like that album.
That makes it uncool.
jimSep 18, 2004 at 11:12PM
shanecavanaugh, you are a jackass. Who gives a fuck what "scenesters" like? What is a "scenester"? I repeat, you are an ass. And the album was boring.
Steven MarshallSep 21, 2004 at 12:02AM
Dntel got me in but PS didn't really stack up.
kellySep 27, 2004 at 2:00PM
Postal Service playing in DC on Wed Novembr 17?!?!
Details people, DETAILS!!
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nathanOct 06, 2004 at 7:25PM
According to reps for Sub Pop records, the Postal Service will be playing 2 songs at a USPS Convention in
Washington DC on November 17.
It is not, however, open to the public or the press.
Information courtesy of Chris Jacobs of the press office at Sub Pop.
The USPS is very hush hush about this convention - no information on it anywhere.
Sorry!
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