I sensed they ( Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel) were over it. Just didn't want to believe it. If youre like me you adore the entire album all the way through. The things ends too soon if you ask me. Which is why a second album would have been incredible. More insane beats (listen to Dntels other stuff for more of that) gorgeous lyrics and vocals (More Death Cab and Rilo Kiley for that, the female voice is Jenny Lewis) and honestly just one of the best sounding albums of the last 10 Years. I remember getting Give Up from a friend my freshman year of college and listening to it exclusively for about 2-3 months making everyone I knew listen to it too. They played a show in LA and I didn't go because I couldn't find a ride, worst show mistake I've made in life. Sigh.....Here's what Pitchfork had to say;
From Pitchfork:
Some advice to all those going postal (sorry) while pining for a new Postal Service record: Give Up. Ben Gibbard laid out the cold hard truth in a recent interview with Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily: "It's the record that never seems to want to come out. It's also just never been a priority...There never really was a plan to do a second album." Say it ain't so, bro!
Rumors of a sophomore offering from Gibbard and fellow Postal Servant Jimmy Tamborello have persisted since approximately 1912, but unless Ben's throwing us all for a loop here, the darn thing apparently doesn't even exist at this point. "The anticipation of the second record has been a far bigger deal for everybody except the two of us," he also said to Rock & Roll Daily. Rub it in why don't ya?
"I don't know about it being the indie-rock Chinese Democracy," Gibbard mused, "but now that Chinese Democracy has come out, I guess it just becomes the second Postal Service record that will never come out."
We do get one glimmer of hope, though: "We work from time to time together but we have other things that take up all of our time." Duuuude, what could possibly be more important than a new Postal Service record right now?
And what about Jimmy? Well, as he told Pitchfork in 2006, "I definitely want to do another [Postal Service record]." What's that they say about the road to hell again?
DCFC:
12-13 Tucson, AZ - Tucson Convention Center (KFMA's Unsilent Night)
12-14 Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas)
02-12 Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro
02-14 Tokyo, Japan - Shinkiba Studio Coast
02-16 Osaka, Japan - Big Cat
03-07 Miami, FL - Bicentennial Park (Langerado Music Festival)
