The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie post new videos

Posted by aubin on Friday, January 28, 2005 at 9:09 AM (EST)

The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie have both posted new videos this past week. Both come from 2003 releases which share vocalist Ben Gibbard.

The first video "We Will Become Sihouettes" comes from Give Up, and was directed by Jared Hess who was also responsible for Napoleon Dynamite. It can be seen in Quicktime format: High Res and Low Res. The band will also be releasing a single with remixes and other tracks. You can see some more information about it here.

The second video, "Title and Registration" comes from DCFC's Transatlanticism and can be seen in a variety of formats: Windows Media 56k, Windows Media 100k, Windows Media 300k, Windows Media 450k, Quicktime 56k, Quicktime 100k, Quicktime 300k and Quicktime 450k

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xmidipunkbastardx (January 28, 2005)

great and great. simple as.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Ben Gibbard is one of the greatest songwriters of our time. If you want to call me and argue about it, call me at (740) 516 8084

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Get ready for some phone spam!

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Are you fucking kidding me? Just read the lyrics to "Sleeping In" by the ol' Postal Service and try to say that with a straight face, you goddamn marmot.

swingline (January 28, 2005)

oh wow one fucking song. i guess by those standards we can say every artist in history was over rated.

MarkieStabone (January 28, 2005)

that song does suck an inordinate amount though

swingline (January 28, 2005)

pick any one band and you will find atleast one song that sucks an inordinate amount of cock.

Someone (January 29, 2005)

Turbonegro?

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Well, to protest long-distance calls, I'll argue here. Yes, he is a good songwriter, obviously ahead of miles of the garbage of "our time," but to call him one of the greatest is a bit of a stretch. While he has good concepts of melody and song construction, and writes decent lyrics, his music certainly isn't anything new, and really not that refreshing--amounting mostly to pop music with more personal lyrics--which, may i add, rely way to heavily on puns and "ironic" observation (see that glove compartment song) and generally border on vomit-worthy cheesewhiz (see most postal service songs). Yes, I'm ready for the "well lets hear your band's songs" comments, but that's not what's at stake here--I'm a critic (unofficially), not an artist. I just feel like so many people in the "indie" scene (cough, bright eyes, cough) are being glorified as the banners of our generation.

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Someone (January 28, 2005)

good...i thought i was the only that didn't like oberst or gibbard.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

maybe you should read...you're an idiot

ElVaquero (January 28, 2005)

fucking yes. thank you.

sickboi (chris) (January 28, 2005)

I REALLY hope that isn't your number. I'm putting it on my cell now with a reminder set for 2:30AM, I should be loaded by then...

adamfromohio (January 28, 2005)

thats an ohio area code........i could call and bitch at you without racking up huge long distance bills.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

HAHAHA. YES!!! MOST TRIUMPHANT

Someone (January 28, 2005)

is that home, cell, or work?

Someone (January 29, 2005)

part of this whole comparision things, i blame pitchfork

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Yeah, hold on... I forgot to put in the crystals

Someone (January 28, 2005)

God that's hilarious!

Someone (January 28, 2005)

These guys are pretty.

MrStabone (January 28, 2005)

gosh! I do not like these bands.... I paid 20 bucks to see Death Cab cause a bunch of old friends were coming from out of town to see it and was absolutely bored to death.....

Someone (January 28, 2005)

it's not their fault that you can't appreciate them

sickboi (chris) (January 28, 2005)

Yeah, snooza-pollooza. In other news, I'm going to C-ville tonight, any good bands playing?

MrStabone (January 28, 2005)

not at any of the clubs, but... we were flyering a uva building last night and heard a rock band practicing in an empty classroom (i think that is punk) but dude was wearing a bouncing souls shirt and they said they are playing a party on Virginia Ave - 1536 or something like that....just go up 14th st from the bars and make a left on Virginia and listen for noise around 1030.... i think they probably suck but said they play punk/metal and I am sure you can just show up and get some free beers....if we were not in Baltimore tonight, I probably would have checked it out....

swingline (January 28, 2005)

postal service is pretty cool but death cab is a drag.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

deaf cat

Someone (January 28, 2005)

and Napolean Dynamite was a great fucking movie

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Napolean Dynamite was one of the dumbest movies ever and the fact that everyone acts as if it's some modern film marvel makes me even more sick about the future of the world.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

It was half good, half stupid. Everyone now thinks the stupid part was the funny part though. :(

Someone (January 28, 2005)

thank you...finally someone can agree that napolean is awful

Someone (January 28, 2005)

I can see why people wouldn't like it, but personally I enjoyed it. Some parts were funny as hell. Not sure what all the fuss is about, if its not your thing, dont watch it. I'd rather watch something like Napolean than anything like "the aviator" or something.

swingline (January 28, 2005)

well that's only because you're an idiot.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

suite yourself, tough guy.

ElVaquero (January 28, 2005)

napoleon dynamite is a very specific type of humor. if you're not a fan already, you probably won't get it. also, i think there's a huge number of people who don't like it just because a lot of people do. like with anchorman, funniest movie of the last few years but some hate it and some don't get it. oh, and the direction in the aviator was pretty awful, scorsese is over.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

What? What the hell didn't I "get" about Anchorman? That movie just wasn't funny. I'm sorry, but where was the comedic gold? That stupid subtitled conversation between the dog and the bear at the end? What the fuck was that? Will Ferrell just isn't funny.

swingline (January 28, 2005)

he was fucking great in old school. that's about it though.

ElVaquero (January 28, 2005)

So you can't see the humor in a movie that a lot of people think is hilarious and somehow that doesn't mean you don't get it? Jesus fucking christ you're just dumb.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Absolutely agreed on Anchorman. Funniest fucking movie in a long time. I think it shows the side of Will Ferrel I was dying to see for so long--especially in the deleted scenes. It's half absurdist, half amazing character acting, and half Steve Carell is a fucking genius. And that amounts to 1.5 movie, which makes it fucking great. -duped

ElVaquero (January 28, 2005)

Grate!

Someone (January 29, 2005)

most overrated movie ever. i expected it to be much funnier than it was. i was very disappointed with it. a few haha laughs, nothing that made me cry from laughing.

SethCohen (January 28, 2005)

Jenny Lewis is verrrry pretty

oceanblue (January 28, 2005)

agreed

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Joanna Newsom is much prettier.

Kenjamin (January 28, 2005)

why didn't they mention jenny lewis was in the video? Watching it now.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

the song is called "Title and Registration", not "Title and Resignation". good going aubin.

theundergroundscene (January 28, 2005)

and "title and resignation" is the third video from transatlanticism the new year and the sound of settling also had videos

Someone (January 28, 2005)

cmon cmon! napoleOn dynamite, title and regiSTRAtion, who checks this shit?

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Do the chickens have large talons? Now let us all continue quoting Napleon Dynamite. Rob.

MarkieStabone (January 28, 2005)

maybe i will! gosh!

Someone (January 28, 2005)

no, let us all not quote that mind fuck of a movie. go watch Preditor 1 or 2 insted.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

preditor or predator? ugh, you're such a friggin' IDIOT! GOSH!

Someone (January 28, 2005)

either one. one has the govenator and the other has my operation dumbo drop himself Danny Glover. actually I'd want to see a movie in which Predator killed Hunted Napoleon and that whole goddamn town.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

So what if you don't really like the band. That video even without sound is amazing! I'm so sick of watching 'hip' youngsters dressed in black jumping and making faces at the camera in music videos. These guys #1 were NOT trying to look cool #2. Had a pretty freaking good song. #3. Had a 'story' to their video #4. Weren't dressed in black. (In fact, they had white on). How great is that. PUSH FOR CHANGE. Great video guys.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

amazing? so you're saying it was so incredible, so unique, so astounishing that you're bewildered by it? people over use the word amazing, im trying to save it before it means absolutely nothing. every indie kid ever uses that word to describe everything.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Every indie kid ever? So you're saying that there is not one fan of indie music who did not use "amazing" to describe "everything"? God, you suck.

Kenjamin (January 28, 2005)

no my friend, you suck.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

thats exactly what im saying.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

the director/writer from napoelon dynamite is the biggest fuckin hack around and wrote one of the poorest successful scripts ive witnessed. but every single retarded teenager in ameirca loved that film, absolutely horrible. everyone sucks.

ElVaquero (January 28, 2005)

i remember when i was jaded. then i learned that life can actually be fun.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

hahaha so true.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

agreed

backupdork (January 28, 2005)

i have been in love with Jenny Lewis for years, but never has it been so apparent that she should be my wife. wow.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

napoleon certainly is a very polarizing movie. I would certainly like to conduct a study on the personality traits of people that do and don't like the movie. Judging from the people that I know that don't like it, it seems the more selfish and self-conscious people hate it the most. That's just my observation though. And I bet that the family in the video listens to a lot of Polyphonic Spree.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

certainly

adamfromohio (January 28, 2005)

I can't stand the polyphonic spree. the mention of their name sickens me -adamfromohio

ElVaquero (January 28, 2005)

i think that you're dead on with ND.

ElVaquero (January 28, 2005)

let me just add that i think most people who would like death cab would probably hate napoleon dynamite. they're too hip to have fun.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

too cool for school mother fucker!

InaGreendase (brian) (January 28, 2005)

The band and movie are both up there in my girlfriend's favorites, and I enjoy both to a pretty large extent. But I'm not sure if either us would fall comfortably into the hipster column.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

what abou the people who enjoyed a few gags and phrases, but thought most of it was pretty weak and is overall indifferent to it?

Someone (January 28, 2005)

the postal service video is.. interesting

Someone (January 28, 2005)

That Postal Service video is quite good.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

i agree, Bright Eyes sucks.

Someone (January 28, 2005)

How about some gold bracelets?

John-311 (January 28, 2005)

They cut out the best part of the Postal Service song! The accordion!

Not-To-Regret (January 28, 2005)

Man there's some fucking terrible band names out there... I can't take NEW bands seriously if they have rediculous names... everytime I come to this site my headspace is invaded by these horrible names jumping at me from the screen.

Someone (January 29, 2005)

what are some of your favorite band names sir?

Not-To-Regret (January 29, 2005)

band names I like: led zeppelin pink floyd swingin' utters soundgarden stone temple pilots basically band names that pair 2 weird words together... not screamo/indie rock band names like "death on a sunday" or "from second to third" or "with fire from the ashes" or "high school football team captain"

Someone (January 28, 2005)

"How long do your chatroom meetings last?" "Oh jeez, maybe 3 or 4 hours... mm .. maybe not, I dunno."

Someone (January 28, 2005)

Grandma kinda gets pissed because I'm on there so long

Someone (October 7, 2005)

These bands are the same, what dumbasses are buying into this bullshit? Cause It'd reallly like to slap you!