The Postal Service - "Give Up" @ Score! Music Magazine

	The Postal Service - Give Up
	Location	Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA
	Initial Impression	What a cool little button!
Notable Lyric	“Don’t wake me I feel like sleeping in.”
Factoid	Gibbard was former member of Death Cab For Cuties (Seattle based), and Tamborella was former member of Dntel (LA Based).
Serve With	Postage Stamps.
Comments	The collaborated effort of Ben Gibbard, and Jimmy Tamborello was induced on computer generated looping techniques that were sent back and forth to each other through the mail so vocal tracks could be added as well as input on the electronic arrangements. Keeping in mind that this is their first effort together using this technique, I found a few tracks still choppy in dynamic structure, but overall quite interesting asking, “How did they do that?” The lyrics are poetically written and fun at times with songs like “Sleeping In” (quite a catchy little chorus too), and I found the writing appealed to the music. Between the lyrics and their collaborating efforts, I think this is interesting enough to keep their listeners tuned in. I’m looking forward to their next album!
URL	www.subpop.com/bands/postalservice/index.php
Reviewer	May (4/03)