Filed under: Electronica, Indie, Music | Tags: britpop, electronic, Electronica, Indie, Music, the postal service
I know this isn’t RPG related (so sorry) but i thought it was worth sharing a note for all of you fellow The Postal Service fans (Give Up is still a brilliant album and one of my favourites by Death Cab for Cutie main man Ben Gibbard and Dntel (aka James Figurine/Headset/Figurine – real name James Tamborello)).
Recently i’ve been digging through my music collection and I thought i’d see if Electronic were as good as I remembered. Electronic were a band formed by Johnny Marr (who had recently left the Smiths after a fall out with Morrissey) and Bernard Sumner of Joy Division and New Order fame), who also had Neil Tennant (of the Pet Shop Boys) guest sing some of the tracks on this album.
Electronic’s Electronic album is still a great great great album, nicely recorded and full of those 80’s synth sounds. The album is sang mainly by Bernard Sumner, and has a poppy version of New Order vibe to it (minus the pounding bass sound of Hook of course) with Neil Tennant singing 3 of the tracks (brilliantly it has to be said).
Later albums have progressively more Johnny Marr influence and the guitar gains prominence. Each is brilliant in it’s own way, but for me this is the best of the three (the others incidentally are Electronic – raise the pressure, and Electronic – Twisted Tenderness)
Seriously, if you like the Postal Service then give this a go (Electronic got less electronic and more guitar-ey as they did their 3 albums) or just buy the best of Electronic CD. You won’t regret it.
Of course if you hate indie electronica then ignore this post 
