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@tribefreak: Give Up sold over 500k

Try nearly a million: it's the second best-selling album in Sub Pop history, after Nirvana's Bleach (at least it was as of ~2 years ago; one of the Shins' records might finally have beaten it by now).

Anyway, Give Up is near-platinum, which makes people's confusion as to why anyone -- not least Jonathan Poneman -- would want a followup sort of naive.

Yeaaaaah pressure them to release something just to fancy fans...

@goldsounds: Did you get bulk rate for those messages?

Oh and btw, I hate their response to this. Give Up sold over 500k and is one of the best albums of this decade and they have the nerve to just write it off like its nothing. I understand its their mjusic but its kinda s**** to the many fans to act so nonchalant about it.

Death Cab is actually a very good band. I like all their album s except the latest one, Narrow Stairs. I think I like maybe 3 songs on that one. Can't believe it's actually selling well too. It pops up occasionally in the iTunes top 100 albums list even now..

Four, the album was one of the best of the decade, whereas nothing their main projects has ever recorded is worth listening to once.

Oh come now, Tamborello's made some good records. There is no way a new Postal Service record will be good though.

@lempha: One, Give Up sold a lot of copies. Two, five years between albums is not uncommon even with non-side-project bands. Three, the follow-up has been announced at least once, followed by demurrals.

I hope they really push the envelope the second time out.

@Halfwit: Murk's right, though.

Will impatient fans go postal?

Their attitude seems quite fitting for their moniker.

If you get it you get it, if not, don't blame us because we never promised anything to you anyway. Next customer please...


Ahh Chicago mail.

@Murk: We get it. You don't like Death Cab for Cutie... no one responded to you the first time, deal with it.

I am confused as to how a "band", that was more of a novelty act side project in the first place, that released one LP five years ago could garner so much anticipation for a second album that no one had any right to presume would ever come out in the first place.

Granted it was a good LP and they played the songs on The OC and it charted very well for an indie release, but still...

...I heard something about it getting lost in the dead letter office...

Maybe someone should tell them that their other bands suck.

@goldsounds: NICE. Consider that second one junk mail.

Should it come out, will it be addressed here?

Should it come out, will the new record be addressed on here?

Whenever it comes out, it will have my stamp of approval.

Perhaps it got LOST in the MAIL.

Surely they will deliver another album at some point.

I see what you did there.