11/11/2023 0 Comments Postal 2 dude artThen it was just my job to edit and add melodies and lyrics and additional arrangements…it was just a very liberating kind of creative experience because I could just react. Jimmy doing quite literally half of the work by writing the music. I think there might have been a little bit of co-write here and there, but everything started with me. “At that point in Death Cab, I was-for all intents and purposes-writing all the songs. “It was just a completely new format, you know?” Gibbard reveals. When asked if he felt freer to create with The Postal Service because there weren’t necessarily any expectations set in place, he admits that a blank slate can sometimes be an enticing option to an artist. The latter, however, gives Gibbard’s words a more light-hearted and synth-driven backdrop. The former (which he refers to as “atmospheric and downtempo”) relishes in slower, syrupy instrumentation tightly wrapped in lovelorn lyrics about the perils of a long-distance relationship. (Photo by Wendy Lynch Redfern)Ĭomparatively speaking, Transatlanticism and Give Up are on opposite ends of the sonic spectrum for Gibbard. (Photo by Wendy Lynch Redfern) Death Cab for Cutie backstage at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles in May, 2004. It’s like we have this record that’s…not so much frozen in time but certainly serves as a marker of a particular time in our lives that clearly has meaning for other people in their lives.” Death Cab for Cutie backstage at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles in May, 2004. We’re a group of friends and we enjoy each other’s company, and it’s an excuse to go out and spend a lot of time together since we do it so infrequently. “It’s a little bit kind of cheesy to say it this way, but it’s like we’re not only getting a band back together. He does remain excited, though, about the fact he was able to reunite with his old friends on this long-awaited tour that wraps up this month. I get it but to be very clear: we’re not doing that.” I would definitely wanna rope Jenny into more of the songwriting, you know? I mean, obviously she’s a fucking beast. “I guess there are some comeback records from artists or bands that have been away even longer than we have, but I’m not quite sure that after 20 years we can kind of meet the enthusiasm…the anticipation is too much. “Do you really want a Postal Service record 20 years after the last one?” he caustically asks. After it was announced earlier this year that Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service would embark on a 20 year anniversary tour where the two bands would perform both albums front to back, Gibbard says he was bombarded with requests for a sequel to Give Up. The trio released an album in 2003 as well entitled Give Up which-despite its immense popularity-turned out to be their only record to date. The pair soon recruited then- Rilo Kiley singer Jenny Lewis to form The Postal Service. Gibbard also teamed up with producer/musician Jimmy Tamborello (aka Dntel) after a mutual friend brought them together to collaborate on “(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan,” a track on the 2001 Dntel record Life Is Full of Possibilities. Death Cab for Cutie, which originally started as his solo project in 1997, released one of their most critically acclaimed works to date with the saccharine masterpiece Transatlanticism (at the time, the band also featured Chris Walla, Nick Harmer, and Jason McGerr, with the latter two still members today). Ben Gibbard couldn’t have asked for a more mythical year than 2003.
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