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Wednesday, March 05, 2003
 
The Postal Service

The Postal Service is a side/second project of the guy who's the lead singer for Death Cab for Cutie. I saw it mentioned on some blog that I ended up at in some sort of random fashion. This is some good poppy electronica. A couple of the reviewers on Amazon had some good thoughts on the music:

"Bubbly, fun, tongue in cheek electro-pop with vocals that also live up to the time frame they're emulating."
"It has the feel of Death Cab (obviously with the singer) and with the heartfelt lyrics, but with a twist of happiness and optimism. The Nintendo style remixing and synth brings it to life."
"...on track to make synth pop cool again."

I got the whole album (ripped at 192 no less) from Kazaa in under half an hour. Half way through my first listening, I give this an enthusiastic endorsement. Sleeping In, the third track, is awesome. It reminds me too that Death Cab is playing the Fox Theatre in Boulder on the 19th. Anyone wanna go?