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New Cribs - "I'm A Realist (Postal Service Remix)"

The Brothers Jarman take a break from their apparent quest to make a video for every song from their great Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever long enough to have someone do a remix of latest single "I'm A Realist." But not just any "someone": this comes from Laptop For Cutie project the Postal Service. And what separates a Postal Service Remix from the more frequently occurring Dntel remix? Well Jimmy's gotta be joined by Ben, so on this sustain-synth smeared, thinly clicked reworking Gibbard makes sure to color up the scene by singing "bum," "bum," and of course "bum." Obviously Jimmy could have/probably did just crib those monosyllabic melodies from any of a number of Death Cab tunes, but still the sound is more Postal Service than it is say James Figurine.


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Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever is out via Wichita.

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It is confirmed... The Cribs suck nearly as badly in the studio as they do live.

I saw them at the Pageant in St. Louis, opening for DCFC and wondered, "What in the everloving fuck is this shit?" Of course, I saw an article a couple of days ago stating that there's going to be a Cribs tracks remixed by The Postal Service, and thought, "Hey, maybe they're just one of those bands that suck live, but Antares Autotune makes their studio work sound masterful. I can't WAIT for this to come out!"

Well, it sucked...but it certainly wasn't through any fault of Ben or Jimmy.

Posted by: Bum Bum at 02/27/08 5:15 PM | Reply
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Hey guys you forgot the "bum-ba-dum"'s !

Posted by: Kasper at 02/27/08 5:30 PM | Reply
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"What in the everloving fuck is this shit?"

Hey Bum Bum, your thoughts are as stupid and insipid as your name.

Do I have to be the only one on this comment page with an IQ greater than 50? Evidently the answer is yes.

Posted by: Steven at 02/27/08 6:46 PM | Reply
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I can't believe Kate Nash is dating him.

Posted by: The Other Matthew at 02/27/08 7:41 PM | Reply
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Did you see him on Nevermind the Buzzcocks? What a Pleb...

Posted by: Beano at 02/29/08 8:51 AM | Reply
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kate nash is about 10 million times shitter than the cribs.

Posted by: TomTom at 03/05/08 9:38 AM | Reply
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gross

Posted by: yeuch at 03/05/08 4:40 PM | Reply
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