Give Up
by: The Postal Service
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Give Up, the debut release by this indie supergroup composed of Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello from Dntel, is a smart, quaint, and often transcendent little pop record. The roots of the album lie in "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan," a woozy, gorgeous song recorded for the rad 2001 Dntel album Life Is Full of Possibilities. With Jimmy in L.A. and Ben in Seattle, the two simply mailed tracks back and forth, collaborating via (you guessed it) the United States Post Office. Lyrically it's far breezier and happier (though not too happy) than anything Gibbard had written up to this point for Death Cab. The music is an elastic, very smart update of synth-pop and the melodies crystal clear, while the backing vocals courtesy of Jen Wood and Jenny Lewis are spartan and pretty. The songs stick in your head for days at a time. Forget the tags that have been thrown up against this music--Poptronica? New new new order? Please just enjoy this album. It just might be a classic--but of what exactly, we're not quite sure. --Mike McGonigal
Album Description:
The collaboration between Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello is an album of breezyelectronic pop that updates classic 80s synth-pop withcontemporary beats. The line-up also features Jenny Lewisfrom the band Rilo Kiley. Sub Pop. 2003.
Give Up, the debut release by this indie supergroup composed of Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello from Dntel, is a smart, quaint, and often transcendent little pop record. The roots of the album lie in "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan," a woozy, gorgeous song recorded for the rad 2001 Dntel album Life Is Full of Possibilities. With Jimmy in L.A. and Ben in Seattle, the two simply mailed tracks back and forth, collaborating via (you guessed it) the United States Post Office. Lyrically it's far breezier and happier (though not too happy) than anything Gibbard had written up to this point for Death Cab. The music is an elastic, very smart update of synth-pop and the melodies crystal clear, while the backing vocals courtesy of Jen Wood and Jenny Lewis are spartan and pretty. The songs stick in your head for days at a time. Forget the tags that have been thrown up against this music--Poptronica? New new new order? Please just enjoy this album. It just might be a classic--but of what exactly, we're not quite sure. --Mike McGonigal
Album Description:
The collaboration between Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello is an album of breezyelectronic pop that updates classic 80s synth-pop withcontemporary beats. The line-up also features Jenny Lewisfrom the band Rilo Kiley. Sub Pop. 2003.
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- Fresh, Pleasant, Unremarkable
"Give Up" was something I found as I was listening to my ultra-mellow station on Pandora.The CD delivers exactly what I expected.Mellow, soothing, electronic sounds with exceedingly pleasant vocals, and steady, move-into-the-background kind of beat.It is a nice, relaxing CD.
What I didn't expect was stellar lyrics.Ben Gibbard's poetic words are incredibly thoughtful, fluent and easy to understand while still carrying deeper meanings.I find them to be engaging while not so incredibly ... Read More
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- Most addicting album ever!
I love this CD and have given it as a gift many times.The lyrics are far from your typical love songs, but no so far out that you can't relate.The melodies are catchy and unique.Plan on just putting this on 'repeat' all day.
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- I Gave Up
I picked up this CD when I read an interview with Ben Gibbard mentioning that this CD outsold all the DCFC records combined before "Plans".I thought I missed something given that I really like all the DCFC stuff before "Plans". I didn't.This is just electronica dribble and not very interesting, actually blaned would be an improvement.
DCFC continues to soar and can really hit the ball out of the park on some tunes, but honestly "Plans" which set them on the path to über status is my least ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic effort! Completely different than any other genre out there
The beauty of Postal's music is that you can't put your finger on it yet their compositions are very catchy and full of various soundbites. It's not rock/pop/adult contemporary. This is synth-pop at its best
Rating: - Dancefloor detachment
3 1/2
One of few effective electronic-indie collaborations, GU is an effectively solid piece of emo boogie, somewhat hampered nonetheless from limited but appealing production.
- Fresh, Pleasant, Unremarkable"Give Up" was something I found as I was listening to my ultra-mellow station on Pandora.The CD delivers exactly what I expected.Mellow, soothing, electronic sounds with exceedingly pleasant vocals, and steady, move-into-the-background kind of beat.It is a nice, relaxing CD.
What I didn't expect was stellar lyrics.Ben Gibbard's poetic words are incredibly thoughtful, fluent and easy to understand while still carrying deeper meanings.I find them to be engaging while not so incredibly ... Read More
- Most addicting album ever!I love this CD and have given it as a gift many times.The lyrics are far from your typical love songs, but no so far out that you can't relate.The melodies are catchy and unique.Plan on just putting this on 'repeat' all day.
- I Gave UpI picked up this CD when I read an interview with Ben Gibbard mentioning that this CD outsold all the DCFC records combined before "Plans".I thought I missed something given that I really like all the DCFC stuff before "Plans". I didn't.This is just electronica dribble and not very interesting, actually blaned would be an improvement.
DCFC continues to soar and can really hit the ball out of the park on some tunes, but honestly "Plans" which set them on the path to über status is my least ... Read More
- Fantastic effort! Completely different than any other genre out thereThe beauty of Postal's music is that you can't put your finger on it yet their compositions are very catchy and full of various soundbites. It's not rock/pop/adult contemporary. This is synth-pop at its best
- Dancefloor detachment3 1/2
One of few effective electronic-indie collaborations, GU is an effectively solid piece of emo boogie, somewhat hampered nonetheless from limited but appealing production.
