A collaboration between Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and musician/producer Jimmy Tamborello (aka Dntel),
Give Up
has been Sub Pop's best selling release of the past decade. The duo's earnest electro-pop album is arguably a cross-genre exercise more cherished by North American fans and critics, who until that point were reliant on similar European exports ranging from Björk to The Notwist. The remastered original veers from the sublime (the disco-dance narrative match-up of
Clark Gable
and surprisingly successful drum'n' bass-infused
Natural Anthem
) to the ridiculous (the overly saccharine and lyrically clumsy
Sleeping In
). A mixed bag of 15 vault-emptying bonus tracks includes remixes, covers and two new songs (check out
Turn Around
). postalservicemusic.net
Download:
Clark Gable, Such Great Heights (Iron and Wine Version)