best Postal Service cover band EVER

10/20/2009 9:21:42 AM

i'm weird because i hate goodbyes

10/20/2009 9:25:46 AM

hahaha

10/20/2009 10:13:24 AM

i like just about every song on the album

10/20/2009 10:15:27 AM

They make me sentimental.

10/20/2009 10:20:28 AM

man they are HORRIBLE. it's like a cheesy disney-sounding knock off of the postal service.

10/20/2009 10:28:22 AM

looking back on the postal service 8 or so years later, they too were cheesy disney-sounding

10/20/2009 10:34:39 AM

well, i've only heard that one song, fireflies. the postal service stuff seems a little deeper, darker to me (i'm thinking of this place is a prison).

i dunno, just my opinion. owl city is painful to me.

10/20/2009 10:47:08 AM

you should kill yourself if you like this album

10/20/2009 11:52:37 AM

Pretty bad. Awfully formulaic.

10/20/2009 1:59:27 PM

if postal service was any good, your original post would mean something.

10/20/2009 2:25:37 PM

Being a good cover band doesn't mean the band you're aping is any good, it just means you're good at replicating shit.

[Edited on October 20, 2009 at 3:09 PM. Reason : ]

10/20/2009 3:05:55 PM

deep ernie



deep

10/20/2009 4:54:29 PM

there's a motley crue cover band that practices in the same building as one of my bands

they're note- and tone-perfect

it's pretty amazing

but they're still playing motley crue songs so i'd never go see them

10/20/2009 5:47:13 PM

gayest shit i ever heard. and i like the postal service and synthpop a good bit.

10/20/2009 8:37:36 PM

I can honestly say that I have never heard of them

and I think that might make me a better person for it

10/20/2009 8:50:21 PM

The band is one guy.

I call shenanigans.

10/20/2009 8:53:42 PM

srsly.

dude wants to be The Postal Service. like HARD.

10/20/2009 11:49:53 PM

I went to his concert in Atlanta back in early September. He was kinda lame and had no personality. There were two girls with him (the one that sings and one that plays violin). Only $12 but it wasn't worth it having to deal with the two terrible opening acts as well.

10/21/2009 12:54:01 PM

only $12???

only???

10/21/2009 12:59:41 PM

I only know Postal Service for the UPS song, though I'm ready to conclude that they suck rancid asshole.

10/21/2009 3:32:12 PM

ONLY $12!?!

I paid $13 and got my face melted off by Monotonix, plus got to see Whatever Brains louder than usual and a totally awesome garage pop band from Nashville called Turbo Fruits.

$12 might be cheap where you come from, but you should be seeing quality shows for that kind of money.

10/21/2009 4:04:24 PM

I understand that I could have gotten a better concert for $12 dollars but its not like I got ripped off. For a venue just outside of downtown Atlanta, I wouldn't expect to pay much less.

[Edited on October 21, 2009 at 4:55 PM. Reason : *]

10/21/2009 4:55:07 PM

i thought the song i heard on the radio was the postal service and then was then i realized it was a wannabe postal service and was

10/21/2009 7:36:51 PM

ahha, so its one guy, and its named Owl City? wtf is that shit. I like a song or two....but shouldn't it just be HIS name?

10/22/2009 1:45:32 AM

^who cares?

10/22/2009 1:53:20 AM

^well, I do.......and Mr. Joshua noted it in this thread earlier as well....so im guessing he does. More than just us two have noticed it as well im sure.

10/22/2009 2:48:54 AM

aphex twin is one guy
bat for lashes is one girl
bon iver is one guy
squarepusher is one guy
badly drawn boy is one guy
st. vincent is one girl

etc. etc.

it doesn't matter

10/22/2009 3:03:37 AM

How can you pluralize Lone Ranger?

10/22/2009 3:15:42 AM

Quote :

"I only know Postal Service for the UPS song, though I'm ready to conclude that they suck rancid asshole."

i swear i got deja vu when i read that. this isn't the first time you've made that comment is it?

[Edited on October 22, 2009 at 8:15 AM. Reason : add]

10/22/2009 8:09:08 AM

^^^for whatever it's worth, St Vincent travels with a full band when she tours, so. . .

10/22/2009 9:59:21 AM

So does Justin Vernon

10/22/2009 10:00:44 AM

^^^ Um no, pretty sure thats my first post ever about Postal Service.

10/22/2009 3:07:16 PM

Quote :

"you should kill yourself if you like this album "

10/23/2009 12:25:47 PM

LOOK GUYS! RONNY DOESN'T LIKE SOMETHING!

10/23/2009 12:42:57 PM

LOOK EVERYBODY, PEOPLE ARE DICKRIDING SHITTY MUSIC

10/23/2009 3:04:44 PM

Quote :

"In an interview with EW, Adam Young (aka laptop sensation Owl City) admits his no. 1 single "Fireflies" and the Postal Service in general "are pretty similar," but at the same time claims he's "a lot more of a Death Cab fan." For example, he'd only heard Give Up "a little bit" before people started pointing out the pilfering: I've become more of a fan having started Owl City, actually. I had some friends in high school that would have it playing in their cars and stuff. It was cool, but it never really caught my ear. It's kind of ironic, looking back at it, because a lot of people do relate the two projects. I can totally see it now, but I didn't really then, for what it's worth. It's worth a lot, now that you've sold over 100,000 fireflies. There's more. In the form of an unintentional punchline. (Speaking of which, yes, that's real merch pictured above. Real sad merch.) Via EW: EW: A lot of people wish they would put out another album. Is that something you would look forward to hearing? ADAM YOUNG: I think [Give Up] left everyone asking, "What are they going to do next?" Since no one has done anything quite like it, it's almost like everyone is naturally saying this is the next step -- maybe that's me, maybe that's this record. Maybe."

http://stereogum.com/archives/owl_city_pretty_much_admit_ripping_off_postal_serv_099521.html

The Youtube embed in the SG story is the fist time I've actually heard this dude

But yikes

11/8/2009 3:06:21 PM

http://current.com/items/91384640_newest-dopest-jams.htm

#1 on the list

(Sergio rulez, BTW)

11/8/2009 3:12:26 PM

owl city

do not like

11/8/2009 3:17:06 PM

The only good thing to come from Owl City is the Magnetic Fields joke in that SG story.

^^ That video was funny, but it was followed by that fucking terrible She & Him cotton ad, so boo.

11/8/2009 7:08:50 PM