Monday, February 09, 2004
submeat’s top 100 tracks of 2003: songs to download and love
#8 “Clark Gable,” Postal Service (Sub Pop)
Postal Service’s Give Up is the best record released by Sub Pop in years and years, and the reason isn’t it’s largely electronic-based instrumentation; it’s the lyrics, which are some of the most cut-you-to-the-quick in their emotional honesty and clarity that I heard all year. Even when PS sound jaunty, such as on “Clark Gable,” they’re largely sad. But it’s a kind of make-you-feel-good-in-spite-of-the-sadness sad, if you know what I mean. And I hope you do.
#8 “Clark Gable,” Postal Service (Sub Pop)
Postal Service’s Give Up is the best record released by Sub Pop in years and years, and the reason isn’t it’s largely electronic-based instrumentation; it’s the lyrics, which are some of the most cut-you-to-the-quick in their emotional honesty and clarity that I heard all year. Even when PS sound jaunty, such as on “Clark Gable,” they’re largely sad. But it’s a kind of make-you-feel-good-in-spite-of-the-sadness sad, if you know what I mean. And I hope you do.
# posted by Thomas : 7:32 PM
