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song: Recycled Air
artist: The Postal Service
album: Give Up
released: 2003-02-18length: 4:24
6.5
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I take a breath
Hold the air until there's nothing left
I'm feeling green
Like teenage lovers between the sheets

ba ba-ba-ba ba ba-ba-ba ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba

Knuckles clenched to white
As the landing gear detracts for flight
My head's a balloon
Inflating with the altitude

ba ba-ba-ba ba ba-ba-ba ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba (x3)

I watch the patchwork farms
Slowly fade into the ocean's arms
And from here they can't see me stare
The stale taste of recycled air

I watch the patchwork farms
Slowly fade into the ocean's arms
And calm down, release your care
The stale taste of recycled air
The Postal Service

The Postal Service is an American indie pop group from Seattle, Washington, consisting of singer Ben Gibbard, producer Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis on background vocals.

The band released their only studio album, Give Up, in 2003 on Sub Pop Records, to mostly positive reviews. The album reached number 114 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and received platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. The group decided to disband two years later, viewing attempts at a follow-up as unnecessary.

The band has regrouped twice for the anniversaries of Give Up, in both 2013 and 2023; each time they were accompanied by a rotating cast of support musicians, including Laura Burhenn, Jen Wood, and Dave Depper.

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Comments ( 32 )
Posted 16 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3:
Odyzzeuz wrote:
I'm getting sick of bands like Cake, The Postal Service, Soul Coughing, Radiohead and a host of others that sport this simpering boy band sound. Cringe-worthy. It's this poppy, lite, bouncy boy-voiced sound with a tired, prematurely weary edge that strikes me as monstrously self-absorbed.

 
This is possibly the most ridiculous music criticism I've ever seen here. You've managed to choose four bands that sound nothing alike, and then lump them all into the same dismissive bucket.  Bravo, I salute you.

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Posted 18 years ago by OldFrenchie:
please please please stop
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Posted 18 years ago by davin:
Actually dropped it a point on a second listen. Wildness.
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Posted 18 years ago by kazuma:
Pretty tedious.
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Posted 18 years ago by WMSE_Jules:
Yawn
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Posted 18 years ago by Snowman:
Blimey, I didn't think this tune could possibly get people so impassioned! Thought it was quite nice myself in a backgroundy sorta way. Won't be running out to buy it but won't be hunting them down either...
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Posted 18 years ago by Snaz:
Odyzzeuz wrote:
I'm getting sick of bands like Cake, The Postal Service, Soul Coughing, Radiohead and a host of others that sport this simpering boy band sound. Cringe-worthy. It's this poppy, lite, bouncy boy-voiced sound with a tired, prematurely weary edge that strikes me as monstrously self-absorbed. *steps down from soapbox* On the other hand, it's all good. They're not loading anyone into cattle cars.
A bit contradictory there.. simpering sound is not the first, or last for that matter, thing I would associate with a boy band. Is this song poppy? maybe; light? sure; bouncy? umm not really. Prematurely weary?.. as in they should wait a bit longer before they express any sort of weariness? And I thought they were poppy and bouncy, and now they are weary and self-absorbed.. monstrously self-absorbed mind you. *shrugs* ..or maybe someone just enjoys sputtering incoherent criticism. Anyhow, I'd give this song a 7. An enjoyable band overall imo.
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Posted 18 years ago by TobiMc3:
it sounds like Death Cab...oh wait...same dude. Well, at least I know I'm not losing my mind. ;-)
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Posted 18 years ago by shakitten:
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Posted 18 years ago by JohnDoeKyrgyz:
davin wrote:
this is good.
No its not. That electronic off beat is kind of annoying.
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Posted 18 years ago by davin:
this is good.
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Posted 18 years ago by UltraNurd:
bokey wrote:
Maybe there's a song in there amongst the electronic interference.
That kind of a bias against a genre doesn't help anyone. I may not like, say, reggae very much, but I don't accuse it of not being music, and I give each individual song a chance to stand on its own merits.
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Posted 18 years ago by bokey:
Maybe there's a song in there amongst the electronic interference.
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Posted 18 years ago by dorkmeister:
Odyzzeuz wrote:
I'm getting sick of bands like Cake, The Postal Service, Soul Coughing, Radiohead and a host of others that sport this simpering boy band sound. Cringe-worthy. It's this poppy, lite, bouncy boy-voiced sound with a tired, prematurely weary edge that strikes me as monstrously self-absorbed. *steps down from soapbox* On the other hand, it's all good. They're not loading anyone into cattle cars.
That's funny. You should listen to King Missle.
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Posted 18 years ago by jgeyer:
Odyzzeuz wrote:
I'm getting sick of bands like Cake, The Postal Service, Soul Coughing, Radiohead and a host of others that sport this simpering boy band sound. Cringe-worthy. It's this poppy, lite, bouncy boy-voiced sound with a tired, prematurely weary edge that strikes me as monstrously self-absorbed. *steps down from soapbox* On the other hand, it's all good. They're not loading anyone into cattle cars.
Deep thinkers down there in Texas eh?
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Posted 18 years ago by danae:
i like it!
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Posted 18 years ago by surreal1221:
This is boy band? WTF? N-Sync, Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees = boy bands. This is soothing indie rock. :)
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Posted 18 years ago by darukaru:
If Cake and Soul Coughing are boy bands then this must be Bizarro World. Bizarro hate Cake!
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Posted 19 years ago by Odyzzeuz:
I'm getting sick of bands like Cake, The Postal Service, Soul Coughing, Radiohead and a host of others that sport this simpering boy band sound. Cringe-worthy. It's this poppy, lite, bouncy boy-voiced sound with a tired, prematurely weary edge that strikes me as monstrously self-absorbed. *steps down from soapbox* On the other hand, it's all good. They're not loading anyone into cattle cars.
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Posted 19 years ago by seekinggrace:
This song isn't getting much positive feedback due to those "ping pong" effects. I certainly don't mind them. In fact, like Radiohead's, The Bends, I can put this CD in and listen to the whole thing without "looking forward to that one song". Just a great CD all around!!
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