Ben Gibbard and the Postal Service
Posted on August 28, 2004
After watching the trailer for Garden State the first thing that popped into my mind was not "When's this film coming to Japan?" though a close second, but who's song is that?
*Such Great Heights 6MB
I knew there was something familiar about The Postal Service and a quick scan of the band bio confirmed my nagging suspicions. Their main vocalist is Ben Gibbard, the same Ben from Death Cab for Cutie, a favourite as of late. Two of Death Cab's album's Transatlanticism and Photo Album have been on heavy iPod rotation since purchase, and Give Up won't be far behind soon. Gibbard's soft and soothing vocal style really seems to suit this type of lo-fi music I've grown to love lately, be it guitar based rock e.g. Death Cab, All-Time Quarterback or the drum machine, keyboard based lo-fi electronic style of The Postal Service.
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Give Up is really one of the best albums I've heard in the past couple years. If you like Death Cab and what you've heard of the Postal Service, you may also be into the Shins - esp. their Oh, Inverted World.
::posted by: Ron at August 31, 2004 10:02 AM
Ok, now you're scaring me. I stopped at HMV yesterday on the way home to buy that exact album (Oh, Inverted World), but they didn't have it. Couldn't find it on any p2p or torrent either...
::posted by: mark at August 31, 2004 10:10 AM
Great movie and great sound track also great bands spoke about above. I highly agree.
::posted by: www.boobsclan.com at October 11, 2004 12:04 AM
