Give Up

I've listened to this before, and I like it overall. The songs are good and interesting, but I really dislike the inorganic sounding electronic aspects of the album. It makes the whole thing sound kind of droning and monotonous. 3 stars.

The Postal Service represent a simple brand of highly-competent collaboration. Gibbard's voice holds the thing together and gives each single commercial cutting edge, while the soundscapes consistently widen the record. Feels like the trimming of the tracklist could have resulted in a different ordering. The blueprint for a delicate, less-jangly indie was dearly needed.

Oh yeah, The Postal Service

The Postal Service takes me to a very specific emotion at a very specific time in my life and for that I can never evaluate it fairly. If I try to peel back my psychological tendrils and peer at the thing with fresh ears I may say that it overstays its welcome and honestly sounds a bit silly with how mopey it is. But I was once silly for mopey I was.

One of my favorite albums of all time. It pops, it bleeds watercolor, it is a synthesized masterpiece. If you didn't already add this one I just might have.

Yeah, this feels like a snub honestly.

Death Cab for Cutie meets Air. What could go wrong? Nothing indeed

VRaiment bon, un bon vibe et tout, CA merite des bien cote. 4

Hadn't listened to this album for a long time. Forgot how good it was. Thanks for suggesting.

5/10. I can't deny that great heights is a great song, but most of this album felt a bit lackluster to me. Which, I suppose, is sort of the point of the indie aesthetic, but I guess I just like my music lustrous.

Such Great Heights is a banger that the rest of the album doesn’t quite live up to. Probably would have picked a Death Cab for Cutie album over this but not a bad rec. 7/10

Even though I'm not especially enthusiastic about this album, I'd say it deserves a place on the list. It was an undeniable part of the indie landscape of the early 2000s.

This was all the rage in college for me. I suppose quite influential for indietronica but feels a bit hollow in retrospect.

Heard about this one a lot and some of the songs but never actually sat and listened to through. It mostly lived up to the hype for me, musically engaging and lyrically interesting.

One of the greatest albums of all time. A perfect mix of electronic and indie made completely by sending burned CD-Rs in the mail across the west coast of the US between Dntel and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie). This album IS my college years and I probably listened to this album a few times per week for nearly 4 years. "Natural Anthem" is chaotic beauty. "Nothing Better" is a heart breaking break-up song between 2 people who used to love each other, but now unrequited by the female narrator. "Sleeping In" is my favorite song on the album; a song about dreaming and here in Texas, we can swim any day in November. "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" and "Such Great Heights" are pop classics. If you like this, I recommend listening to the 10th Anniversary Edition from 2013; it has a great collection of extra songs like "Be Still My Heart", a cover of John Lennon's "Grow Old With Me" and "Suddenly Everything Has Changed". Just a masterpiece. Instant 5/5; 6 out of 5, really.

Eh, not really my thing but I didn't hate it. The upbeat songs were alright. I don't mind mixing a bit of rock and electronica, but this didn't end up packing enough of a punch for me. 3/5.