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Track Listings
| 1. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight |
| 2. Such Great Heights |
| 3. Sleeping In |
| 4. Nothing Better |
| 5. Recycled Air |
| 6. Clark Gable |
| 7. We Will Become Silhouettes |
| 8. This Place Is a Prison |
| 9. Brand New Colony |
| 10. Natural Anthem |
Product Description
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In every sense of the word Give Up, the debut album from American Electro beatniks the Postal Service is a remarkable record. Born of a chance meeting between Ben Gibbard, singer of Seattle indie-rockers Death Cab for Cutie and LA resident and Dntel lynch-pin Jimmy Tamborello, and written and recorded by post--hence the name the Postal Service--it's an inspired, if unlikely, marriage of lo-fi innocence and hi-tech beauty. Gibbard's voice is filled with the insecure questioning normally restricted to recently dumped singers in emo bands. Tamborello's clicks, bleeps, analogue murmurs and eerie scraps are the stuff of inaccessible bedroom electronica. Together though, they find a sensual middle ground where stories of jilted lovers and fragile desires softly prick the emotions on a tidal wave of otherworldly synthetic sounds. "The District Sleeps Alone", with its tripping beats, bittersweet computer strings and tragically uplifting hook is melancholy at its most tender. "Sleeping In" is a joyously sunny daydream; a naïve vision of how good the world could be. And everything else falls somewhere between the two--equal parts heartbreak and hope, to form a strange and wonderful dimension where electro-pop has a soul. --Dan Gennoe
Album Description
The collaboration between Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello is an album of breezy electronic pop that updates classic 80s synth-pop with contemporary beats. The line-up also features Jenny Lewis from the band Rilo Kiley. Sub Pop. 2003.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
By Jeff Jenkins (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Give Up (Audio CD)
Wow, what a letdown. After reading the impressive accolades being heaped upon this album here prior to buying it, I was really expecting so much more. It's pretty sad that this is what passes for "pop-electronica genius" these days. Other than a few rare exceptions, mostly this album sounds like rehashed bubble-gum-style 80's-electronica ear candy, without an original angle or any impressive instrumentation. This album doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as last year's "Neon Golden" by the Notwist. Now THAT's electro-pop brilliance. This, I'm not sure what to make of, other than I'm about ready to "Give Up" on Ben Gibbard at this point. Between this album and the equally disappointing "Transatlanticism" by Death Cab for Cutie, it's becoming apparent to me that the guy is spreading himself too thin in trying to put out quality efforts with 2 bands. He's plenty talented, no question. One listen to DCFC's "The Photo Album", a phenomenal piece of work, proves that. It just seems to me that as he's expanding in different and numerous directions, the quality of material is suffering, even with greater production. Just personal opinion.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gorgeous in every aspect,
By brennan (Augusta, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Give Up (Audio CD)
Wow what a great album. Benjamin Gibbard is one of my favorite artists of all time, so I bought this with high hopes. I had never heard of Tamborello, but hey, my focus was Gibbard. When I first listened to it, i really did try to keep an open mind, and then I ended up hating it. About a month later, I popped it in again after listening to every single Death Cab for Cutie album, and all of a sudden i was tapping my feet and flipping through the lyric book rapidly. How could i have ever thought this bad??!!As always Gibbard delivers with sharp, smart, and epic lyrics, turning what is obviously small events into the most important thing the world. The electronica takes some getting used to, but by the time you get past it, you see how perfect with the melancholic perfection of Gibbard. The standout tracks are #2, Such Great Heights, all for its lyrics, "i am thinking its a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned; #4, which is a duet played out like a tense and pleading conversation between Gibbard and a girl who is leaving him; and #8, This Place is a Prison, which is an extremely mournful song rife with touching lyrics. All in all a brilliant and lasting album.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Give Up - Something I Would NOT Do to This Music!,
By Tsuppi (O Canada...) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Give Up (Audio CD)
Recently, my older sister has adopted an I-pod Mini and in turn has given me her CD/MP3 player. To put it simply, all my time spent on that player has been on Give Up.Before you raise an eyebrow, I have to say that in NO ONE'S mind ( not even someone who is foreign to electronica or indie ) there is doubt that Tambarello and Gibbard's collaboration has failed whatsoever in Give Up. Each song contains bits of pieces of some everyday noise ( clinking of a cereal bowl in Sleeping In, subway screeches in Natural Anthem ) and layers upon layers of beats, tunes, and uplifting voices. If you listen very closely, you can set apart the hundred layers in one song ( even counted once...past 5 layers at the least ) and even pick up the soft vocals of the women who sang for Give Up, as well ( found in The District Sleeps Alone Tonight's mid-instrumental is a repeating of "hello", or is it "alone?", that disturbs one for a moment ). In conclusion, amazing vocals and addictive beats and lines keeps Give Up in heavy rotation in my second-hand CD player. Only absolute nit-picks will be _slightly_ disappointed ( "iffy" lyrics? I disagree! ). Get it or...um...don't.. and miss out. ^_^
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