The Postal Service

[inkeepingsecret]

Come on, I know atleast a few of you guys like this band...

I'm sitting here at work, listening to them. Their album has to be my "most played of May/June"

Any fans???

[boobaa]

Wtf is that?

[inkeepingsecret]

hahah its a group,,,,look em up

I dont know exactly how to describe the music, but it falls in the genre of Rock.

[blue]

i love the postal service they have actually been around for a while now. You can here some of there musiq on yahoo launch check it out

[h_k331]

I love the couple of songs I've heard from them. Interesting story behind their name.

hk

[inkeepingsecret]

Do tell....

I didnt know there was a story. I know the lead singer was with Death Cab.

Ever read some of the lyrics??? Pretty damn cool

[tooxshort]

i was listenin to "Such Great Heights" a lot last year ... i have the album ...

[Illusional]

hrmm... and here i was thinking why are we having a thread about the post office??

raverboy

[h_k331]

Do tell....

I didnt know there was a story. I know the lead singer was with Death Cab.

Ever read some of the lyrics??? Pretty damn cool

Ben Gibbard lives in Seattle, Jimmy Tamborello lives in L.A. So they literally produce their music through the Postal Service.

In December 2001, Gibbard started receiving CD-Rs from Tamborello filled with beatsy electronic music, which he manipulated in his computer before writing melodies and lyrics and recording vocals. He also added some guitar, drums and keyboards - much of which was recorded by Death Cab guitarist Chris Walla at his Hall of Justice studio - and then sent the demo back to L.A. Gibbard had to run his changes past Tamborello, but he more or less had the freedom to alter the songs to his liking.

"It was really great to get a little package every month or two - 'Two new songs!'" says Gibbard. "Sometimes I'd say, 'I want to move that part and this part,' and it was really fun to have such autonomy in the writing; I could pretty much do whatever I wanted."

Ten months, two trips to L.A. (to record vocals and finish mixing) and one big postage invoice later, Give Up was completed.

Source: [URL]http://www.subpop.com/bands/postalservice/bio.php[/URL]

hk

[Stillinlove]

pretty good band,they help me through my horrid life =).
favorite postal service ong "brand new colony"

[inkeepingsecret]

pretty good band,they help me through my horrid life =).
favorite postal service ong "brand new colony"

Indeed, that's a great song. It gives you hope that you once again feel the way he is feeling. And, I'm sure you've been where he's at in the song.

i'll be the grapes fermented, bottled and
served with the table set in my finest suit
like a perfect gentleman
i'll be the fire escape that's bolted to the
ancient brick where you will sit and
contemplate your day
i'll be the waterwings that save you if you
start drowning in an open tab when your
judgement's on the brink
i'll be the phonograph that plays your favorite
albums back as your lying there drifting off
to sleep...
i'll be the platform shoes and undo what
heredity's done to you: you won't have to
strain to look into my eyes
i'll be your winter coat buttoned and zipped
straight to the throat with the collar up so
you won't catch cold
i want to take you far away from the cynics in this
town and kiss you on the mouth
we'll cut our bodies free from the tethers of
this scene, start a brand new colony
where everything will change, we'll give
ourselves new names (identities erased)
the sun will heat the ground under our bare
feet in this brand new colony
everything will change, ooo ooo...


At first, i thought is was a typical love song. About how you would do all these things for the one you love. I still think about it in that respect, but my interpretations have changed.

I think "brand new colony" means starting a life with someone new, about being optimistic about the future. Maybe, the beginning of a relationship?

Great song, everyone can have their own sort of meaning.

[Hazy_Eyed]

hahah its a group,,,,look em up

I dont know exactly how to describe the music, but it falls in the genre of Rock.

Actually, it's under the genre of Indie.
Usually people think it means "Independent" and not afflected with major commerialized record companies. Which it still means.
But it also is a new category of music.
I won't go into much detail about it though.

[whaywardj]

"I won't go into much detail about it though."

Oh? Why not? I'm curious to know more about this new category of music.

[boobaa]

Hey, I saw a song from Postal Service in WebJay but never downloaded it, it should be crap concidering your posts, I mean, crap for me.

Or, is it something like The London Apartments or Mayapple Weather?

Oh, the last ones aren't rock. A trip-hopy stuff, but not quite. Guitars and computer.

[inkeepingsecret]

Actually, it's under the genre of Indie.
Usually people think it means "Independent" and not afflected with major commerialized record companies. Which it still means.
But it also is a new category of music.
I won't go into much detail about it though.

No, indie isnt a new category of music, its been around for years. Indie is a sub-genre that fans, (usually not artists) like to label their bands as.

indie, emo, punk, ska, new age, are part of the genre of ROCK.

I have had the oppurtunity to speak with a few bands that would be labeled "indie." the general consensus from these bands were that they did not want to fall into any label to where they could be a "fad" or whatever.

EX. emo

EMO has been around for 20 years or so. Although, the first "emo" bands were never considered to be EMO music. They made music that wasnt subjective to whats out there. Now these crappy bands that come around try to fit into that label, therefore making shitty music. Now people tend to despise EMO becuase of the crap that is out there now.


People/Fans will always come up with "new" types genres/labels, seeking originality, until it becomes popular and bands ultimatley die with the trend. At the end of the day, its ROCK & ROLL.

Usually people think it means "Independent" and not afflected with major commerialized record companies. Which it still means.

Yes, some bands initially want to "stick it to the big man"

This is all fine and well, until you cant feed you're wife and kids. If the band is good enough, and their fan base contiues to grow, they eventually will "sell out," or be "affected by major commerialized record companies." Would this course of action take the band out of the sub-genre????? This is why band dont tend to favor stupid labels.