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Give Up
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0098787059526
Label: Sub Pop
Manufacturer: Sub Pop
MPN: 595
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sub Pop
Release Date: February 18, 2003
Studio: Sub Pop
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Editorial Review:
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
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Impressive
I like this album as much today as I did when I purchased it four years ago.
Rating: - The Postal Service - Give Up
Exploring and listening to different music genres is something I enjoy doing. This album was my introduction to the electronic pop genre. The Postal Service's (Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello A.K.A. Dntel) debut album "Give Up" (2003), an impressive ten track release full of chill feel good music (first electronic pop I have listened to). The album's opener "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" has Gibbard singing a story of heart ache backed by some outstanding instrumentals from Tamborello. The follow ... Read More
Rating:  - The Greatest of Heights
You know that pivotal scene in "Garden State" where Natalie Portman's character shows Zach Braff's character a song by The Shins? She says, "You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life I swear," and it literally does set into motion a chain of events that changes his life completely. That is exactly how I feel about The Postal Service's Give Up, an album that changed my life and my perception of what good music is, and what it could be.
If you've read my musings before, you're undoubtedly ... Read More
Rating:  - this is nt a good compact disk
sounds like detah cab for cutie rip off
they should call this group postal service - it sounds like they did this comapct disk through the mail and it was sitting in the post office when a guy whent postal
lame
whats it even?
Rating: - Great
This is very innovative music. It is electronic trancey music that is quite different from most stuff you will have heard, partly because it is not composed or played like "ordinary" electronic music. It is quite impressive in its soundscapes with a texture is is almost organic.
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