A great piece on a great album that came out at just the right time to be played almost daily in the first coffee shop I worked at.
The Enduring, Long-Distance Legacy of the Postal Service’s ‘Give Up’
It was an experiment that became a watershed moment for Sub Pop Records, TV soundtracks, and indie rock on the whole. As Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello get ready to take the synths on the road one more time, they look down from such great heights to reflect on how the record came together—and how it signified where their corner of the music world was headed.
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