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"Give Up" was something I found as I was listening to my ultra-mellow station on Pandora. Not that I don't like the CD in any way, but it somehow seems more fresh and unexpected when I hear it on Pandora as opposed to when I just listen to the entire album whenever I want.Still, I'm happy I bought it, and if you're looking for something that's calming, thoughtful and original, I recommend you buy "Give Up" by The Postal Service. I find them to be engaging while not so incredibly cryptic that they're inaccessible.
Mellow, soothing, electronic sounds with exceedingly pleasant vocals, and steady, move-into-the-background kind of beat. Truthfully, I would have liked to give the album 3 1/2 stars, but there is no such option. The CD delivers exactly what I expected.
They're playful and original.So why only 3 stars. It is a nice, relaxing CD.What I didn't expect was stellar lyrics. Ben Gibbard's poetic words are incredibly thoughtful, fluent and easy to understand while still carrying deeper meanings.
The truth is, unfortunately, that relaxing, soothing sounds with a noticeable but not blaring beat gets old pretty quickly for me. I hope that's helpful.
I love this CD and have given it as a gift many times. The lyrics are far from your typical love songs, but no so far out that you can't relate. The melodies are catchy and unique. Plan on just putting this on 'repeat' all day.
I picked up this CD when I read an interview with Ben Gibbard mentioning that this CD outsold all the DCFC records combined before "Plans". This is just electronica dribble and not very interesting, actually blaned would be an improvement. I thought I missed something given that I really like all the DCFC stuff before "Plans". I didn't. DCFC continues to soar and can really hit the ball out of the park on some tunes, but honestly "Plans" which set them on the path to über status is my least favorite DCFC effort. I don't like it at all and if that along with this Postal Service work is what sells then I hope Ben Gibbard falls flat on his commercial appeal, because that will be one damn record I will enjoy.
The beauty of Postal's music is that you can't put your finger on it yet their compositions are very catchy and full of various soundbites. It's not rock/pop/adult contemporary. This is synth-pop at its best
3 1/2One of few effective electronic-indie collaborations, GU is an effectively solid piece of emo boogie, somewhat hampered nonetheless from limited but appealing production.
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