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zahidf [Edit] [Delete] 41 replies 14:26 January 21st, 2013

Are back in 2013

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we have Owl City now

we don't need them

soapy | 21 Jan '13, 14:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

dacbo, justanothersheeldz, funkycow, kmart, kilgore-trout, poptimusgrime, waterwings, JaguarPirate, ma0sm, and Acquiescence this'd this
- Get out.
  
  Ichor @soapy | 21 Jan '13, 14:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  cocodaLOL, SarcasticFringehead, amyblue, thesewoodenideas, and hanshotfirst this'd this
- Seriously though
  
  owl city is bad enough until you've seen the music video, and then it's a straight down "who do I punch first contest" between him and that clunge from scouting for girls
  
  funkycow @soapy | 21 Jan '13, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I thought we got rid of Scouting for Girls
    
    Didn't we bury them at sea during Royal Wedding weekend in 2011?
    
    MajorCriiimes @funkycow | 22 Jan '13, 18:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
he played a few Postal Service tunes at Union Chapel in December

was aces.

dacbo | 21 Jan '13, 14:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Any lengthy tour or new record

Would be very surprising based on Gibbard's constant insistence that his main focus is Death Cab and that they're going back into the studio this year.

Think a 10 year anniversary reissue of Give Up or maybe a short run of festivals, assuming that a big-money offer from Coachella is what tempted them, is far more likely.

petesfingers | 21 Jan '13, 14:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

Ichor and badmanreturns this'd this
- I guessing this is how it will play out.
  
  Still, a new 'Postal Service record would be great for Death Cab's public profile.
  
  Is Dntel still making music like that anyway? It's a bit of an early 2000s sound.
  
  Ichor @petesfingers | 21 Jan '13, 14:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah, he put out new records in 2007 and last year
    
    haven't heard the one from last year but I really like the 2007 one.
    
    guntrip @Ichor | 21 Jan '13, 15:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Is it a similar sound? Electronica with a touch of glitch?
      
      Ichor @guntrip | 21 Jan '13, 16:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - yeah, Dumb Luck (the 2007 LP) is basically Life is Full pt2
        
        has collaborations with Grizzly Bear and Jenny Lewis and Conor Oberst and Arthur & Yu and some others.
        
        i also just remembered he did a more downtempo instrumental LP as James Figurine at some point and a double 12" set as Dntel called "After Parties" in 2011 that was more like the first couple of Dntel records, from before he started hooking up with guest vocalists
        
        guntrip @Ichor | 21 Jan '13, 22:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Are you petesfingers from popular beat combo
  
  DEBBIE AND THE DOWNERS? >:-( LET ME HAVE THIS.
  
  cocodaLOL @petesfingers | 21 Jan '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- lulz
  
  http://pitchfork.com/news/49227-the-postal-service-to-reunite-for-coachella-release-10th-anniversary-edition-of-give-up/
  
  automatik @petesfingers | 22 Jan '13, 00:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
rad

yuggy | 21 Jan '13, 14:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

cocodaLOL | 21 Jan '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
Christ

it has been nearly 10 years since their last record. That is weird.

steinbolt | 21 Jan '13, 15:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm guessing it's a re-release + small tour

FlintyFoxy | 21 Jan '13, 15:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Do
  
  we need a re-release? I bought the CD when it came out - and then later the double red vinyl with the extras. Isn't it one of Sub Pop's biggest ever sellers, so surely all the fans already own a physical copy?
  
  kmart @FlintyFoxy | 21 Jan '13, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Probably not
    
    10th anniversary re-releases are trendy though. Plus it'd be nice to have the bonus stuff handily available on CD too beyond tracking down the singles (or then they'll just pack together a bunch of demos or something).
    
    I really doubt there's new material coming though, considering what Gibbard's been saying so recently.
    
    FlintyFoxy @kmart | 21 Jan '13, 15:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
this is good

Reckoning | 21 Jan '13, 16:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
any excuse to post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GncK6IuY8OA

JustJay | 21 Jan '13, 17:38 | X | ^ This | Reply

SCROTUM this'd this
Deluxe re-release + Coachella gig + possibly a small tour

http://pitchfork.com/news/49227-the-postal-service-to-reunite-for-coachella-release-10th-anniversary-edition-of-give-up/

Guessed right.

FlintyFoxy | 21 Jan '13, 17:58 | X | ^ This | Reply

PickledOeuf this'd this
Have been listening to them again for the last four hours or so

and thoroughly enjoying it. I have all the single/bsides (I think), so not sure how worth it a bonus cd will be, unless there is some unreleased songs on it.
I still regret not going to see them play live at the Spitz many years ago, but I was an unemployed student back then so didn't have much choice.

paulo13 | 21 Jan '13, 22:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
I own this on CD and double Vinyl

not buying again. Love it so much though, a complete game changer for my music taste. <3

yuggy | 22 Jan '13, 00:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
I know nothing about these guys other than they were one of the favourite bands of

Danny Karbassiyoon.

Remember him, Arsenal fans?

MajorCriiimes | 22 Jan '13, 03:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Think all that

would be left in the vaults is their version of... Phil Collins' Against All Odds... and John Lennon's Grow Old With Me. Doubt there'd be scratch demo versions of things as that sort of contradicts the way they worked on this. A live disc would be bloody wonderful, there's a KEXP session they did with lovely segues and an extended version of Brand New Colony (with live drums from Ben) that is heavenly. A UK date would be so welcome :)

Actually, a 10th anniversary version would be kind of pointless as it's been a steady seller for the last ten years and only recently went platinum and I don't want to buy it again just for some remixes...

amyblue | 22 Jan '13, 09:33 | X | ^ This | Reply

kmart this'd this
- I didn't bother with the Spitz gig
  
  because I had tickets to Bright Eyes at S/B/Empire and Postal Service were the support. Then they cancelled that and were replaced by British Sea Power. gutted. (although BSP were ace).
  
  I was also on holiday in San Francisco and Postal Service played loads of shows over a couple of days I was there - matinees and evening stuff. Wished I'd gone now.
  
  kmart @amyblue | 22 Jan '13, 09:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - actually
    
    that was part of my logic in not going to that Spitz gig, as I was going to the Bright Eyes gig as well. Was so disappointed.
    
    paulo13 @kmart | 22 Jan '13, 17:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ticketmaster are showing a Postal Service gig at Brixton Academy on 21 August, though tickets aren't on sale yet.

Two days before Reading/Leeds, so i'd imagine it's a warm up show and they'll maybe headline the second stage. Are they big enough for that?

GayGuevara | 22 Jan '13, 10:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nice try
  
  douche.
  
  zahidf @GayGuevara | 22 Jan '13, 10:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
all the bad publicity they've had since sponsoring Lance Armstrong

probably need to get back out there and play shows to save face.

dacbo | 22 Jan '13, 10:33 | X | ^ This | Reply

stalecloud this'd this
2nd album

If you play Aimlessness and Former Lives simultaneously you get the second album

MoonMonkey | 22 Jan '13, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Paste Mag just confirmed that there is no chance of a second album.

Not surprised, still disappointed.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/01/the-postal-service-reunion-is-happening.html

Ichor | 22 Jan '13, 14:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- well that's not really anything new
  
  I'd be surprised if anything new actually came of this, **but at the same time** if they were going to do a new album a sustained campaign of misinformation would be the best way to approach it, given the expectation that will likely be heaped upon it.
  
  guntrip @Ichor | 22 Jan '13, 14:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
I don't hate them

but is there really a point to a new album? I don't think the first album holds up all too well nowadays - some of it still sounds good but a lot of it just sounds like outdated electropop to me.

stalecloud | 22 Jan '13, 18:06 | X | ^ This | Reply

elspud this'd this
- what new album?
  
  guntrip @stalecloud | 22 Jan '13, 18:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - the hypothetical one that is apparently not happening
    
    I feel the same way about the prospect of a new Avalanches album
    
    stalecloud @guntrip | 22 Jan '13, 18:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I can't imagine a new Avalanches album being anything other than embarrassing
      
      -dan- @stalecloud | 22 Jan '13, 22:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
two new songs

http://pitchfork.com/news/49139-the-postal-services-give-up-reissue-will-contain-two-new-songs-and-much-more/

cool

CrispinAlexander | 22 Jan '13, 22:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- think the inclusion of the new tracks kills any idea of a proper new record
  
  Jimmy T said a few years ago they had a couple of tracks for a new record, if they're not even holding those back...
  
  guntrip @CrispinAlexander | 22 Jan '13, 22:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - new album would probably be bad anyway
    
    he hasn't written a really good song for quite some time
    
    CrispinAlexander @guntrip | 22 Jan '13, 22:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
pitchfork review up

seems to be written by somebody who doesn't really like it but didn't have the guts to give it a proper bad score. wonders whether anyone really made it to 'natural anthem', calls most of the album embarrassing, and says that it's all really dated.

CrispinAlexander | 11 Apr '13, 16:54 | X | ^ This | Reply

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