Amidst all the Postal Service Reunion hurrah, I kinda forgot to post about them.
Ok, here goes…
In brief, Postal Service is a pretty kick ass musical collaboration consisting of Deathcab for Cuties front man Benjamin Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, and Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley. Postal Service put out one album in ‘03 titled Give Up, and a few scattered covers, and singles.
Skip to present day….
Although there has been a ton of speculation, no NEW album has been announced(to my knowledge), howwwwever The Postal Service HAS released a tenth anniversary edition of Give Up featuring TWO new singles(recorded back in the Give Up days of yore), annnnd they’re pretty much touring everywhere.
Hopefully all this hootenanny and popularity will inspire TPS to get in the studio.
With vocals slightly reminiscent of Brandon Flowers aka The Killers, and slightly edgier instrumentation. The Jesus Rehab hailing from the great city of Seattle, Washington although relatively unknown are about to reveal themselves to the world like a beautiful miracle.
Can’t stop listening to this song. Reminds me a little of a Clap Your Hands Say Yeah song.
“I’m itchin’ on a photograph Yeah I’m scratching on a thermostat Yeah I’m giving up on looking back Yeah I’m letting go of what I had Yeah I’m itchin’ on a photograph Yeah I’m scratching on a thermostat Yeah I’m letting go all of that I had Yeah I’m itchin’ on a photograph”
I don’t know if you’ve heard them or not, but you really should give them a listen if you haven’t, and if you do(give them a listen) and you don’t like them, well,…..I hate you.
Ha!
Ha.
Kidding.
But I do reallylike them, and this new song is pretty sweet imo.
peter Broderick is a multi instrumentalist and composer that not only performs solo but plays with a lot of other really good musicians/bands ( She & Him, Horse and Feathers, Delorean and is also a member of the indie band Efterklang).
Anyways, I think you’ll like this song.
For fans of Andrew Bird, The Barr Brothers, The Head and the Heart, Efterklang.
To be honest, when I heard this the other day, I didn’t like it, but I absolutely love pretty much all of the Gorillaz music videos, and after a few more listens this is kinda nice, and it dooooes feature Andre 3000(and James Murphy).
You might have have seen a bit of this on Soup Bowl Sunday, maybe not, either way…. watch the whole thing. This is pretty amazing, and if you listen to it without watching it, it’s even crazier. You’d never guess this is how all these sounds were being made.
“The new music video from OK Go, made in partnership with Chevrolet. OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. A Chevy Sonic was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments, and the band recorded this version of Needing/Getting, singing as they played the instrument array with the car. The video took 4 months of preparation and 4 days of shooting and recording. There are no ringers or stand-ins; Damian took stunt driving lessons. Each piano had the lowest octaves tuned to the same note so that they’d play the right note no matter where they were struck. For more information and behind-the-scenes footage, see http://www.LetsDoThis.com and http://www.okgo.net. Many thanks to Chevy for believing in and supporting such an insane and ambitious project, and to Gretsch for providing the guitars and amps.”
With the first listen of River Whyless, all these thoughts came rushing to my mind(that alone is always a good sign), thoughts and memories,….and then after a while just,… Wow! These guys have a great fucking sound!
Beautiful male and female vocals, and an amazing combination of instrumentation(Bells, Guitar, Harp, banjo, Violin, Cello, Ukulele, Viola).
Give this band a listen, it’s definitely worth your time, and you’ll feel cool “knowing about them before they blow up and become superrrr popular”. ;)
You can buy their album for any price on Bandcamp, follow them on Facebook, or even right here on Tumblr.
Deathcab for Cutie - Underneath The Sycamore(Official Video)
Cool video. Seems like it’s been done before(?), but I still liked it.
Mp3: Deathcab for Cutie - Earth Angel
Does that guys look a little like Ben Gibbard? Is it supposed to?
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