This Is Good

[Pat Marquez]

The Postal Service's (http://www.subpop.com/bands/postalservice/) "Give Up" have indeed surpassed 500,000. That means "Give Up has gone GOLD, and it's only the second record in the Sub Pop (http://www.subpop.com) catalog to do so (the other's Nirvana's "Bleach", which has since gone platinum.) Check the replies for a full statement from Sub Pop (http://www.subpop.com).

[Pat Marquez]

From Sub Pop's web page:

Mr. John Henkel of the RIAA spoke with our Esteemed Director of National Sales, Mr. Andy K, and let us know that sales of The Postal Service's Give Up have indeed surpassed 500,000. That means Give Up has gone GOLD, and it's only the second record in the Sub Pop catalog to do so (the other's Nirvana's Bleach, which has since gone platinum.) This is a big fucken deal, and we're all amped. After all, it was Sir Elton John who, during the launch of the RIAA Diamond Award in '99, said, and I quote, "I think this is the biggest accolade you can be given because it means your fans have gone out and bought your records. And that's why we make records--for our public."

Of course, that sounds totally pompous, and Ben & Jimmy had no fucken idea they'd ever sell so many records (this is just a fun side-project, dudes!) nor that they'd gain so much airplay with their Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite)-directed video for their newest single, "We Will Become Silhouettes". That single, by the way, was #2 on the Billboard Singles Charts last week--and only because Destiny's Child beat them out for the #1 slot by 55 pieces. The band's video is viewable all over the web, at tons of major regional video shows, on FUZE.TV and on MTV2's Subterranean. We here at the Sub Pop don’t usually toot our own pompous horns, but this is sweet.

You know what else is killer? Postal Service now has an iTunes exclusive that you can download at www.itunes.com--it’s a hott remix of "Be Still My Heart", the Postal Service’s newest jam, by renowned beatmaster Nobody, who re-hashes stuffs for Prefuse 73, and has a new full-length out on Ubiquity Records called Pacific Drift: Western Water Music Vol. 1 that kills. It’s just a buck. What a deal, eh? In the immortal words of Ali G, "Me loves techmology". But I digress.

[Rufio21]

I am happy to be part of the first 500,000. They need to put out a new cd soon!/


<3 PS

[AlkTrio205]

Much deserved.

What a fantastic project this band is.

[starsonstrings]

They need to put out a new cd soon!/


<3 PS

double <33 for Postal Service. are they planning on putting one out soon?

[Rufio21]

double <33 for Postal Service. are they planning on putting one out soon?

I am pretty sure they are trying to do another one in the next year.. It all depends on the schedule of the other bands.

[chaoticXpunk]

Yeah, I mean, the Postal Service is great and I love them and all, but I really just want to hear new DCFC. THEN we can worry about new Postal Service, haha.

[romantic rights]

congradulations postal service, for you inspire you to make my own music with computers , other electronic equipment, and human meat-like-products

[Dob]

such a damn good band. good work boys

[EveryNewDay]

congrats ben and jimmy for making one of the best electronic albums in a long time. its awesome that they got the respect their music deserves.

[KarateExplosion]

worst live act evarrrrrrrr

[mondeoman]

I didn't like them that much at first but now I love them. "Against All Odds" is my me and my best friend's song.

[AlkTrio205]

double <33 for Postal Service. are they planning on putting one out soon?

2006.

[tbsrocks820]

there is more on the postal service going gold here (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497025/20050216/3_doors_down.jhtml)
its at the bottem of the article.

[AreTwoKay]

Congrats ... I just recently got this album and love it

[fullerm]

:headshake

wayyy to overrated in every way possible. listening to we have the facts and we're voting yes in an entire listen start to finish will be better than the next 100 releases by the postal service combined. just the pure emotion that came from everything pre-transatlanticism cannot even come close to what happened with P.S. and should not even be mentioned within the same category as postal service. just a neat idea that the kids took to heart and shouldn't have been taken past the point of "cool".

[Gleebo]

I think the Shins have to be pretty close to going Gold but maybe not.

[ilovebsb]

dude i dont even care dude. these guys got so lucky, they made this lil electronic music just fooling around, threw in a couple songs with nectar lyrics and then bam! dude in time they go gold. i'm not a fan of this, i think its so fake dude but thats just me but dude if one of the dudes werent in d.c.f.c this wouldnt have gotten anywhere. needless to say props to them.

[byebyebeautiful]

everyone's talking about death cab, but what about dntel? jimmy is just amazing. "(this is) the dream of evan and chan" is so good. it started the postal service.

[Kelley Nicole]

dude i dont even care dude. these guys got so lucky, they made this lil electronic music just fooling around, threw in a couple songs with nectar lyrics and then bam! dude in time they go gold. i'm not a fan of this, i think its so fake dude but thats just me but dude if one of the dudes werent in d.c.f.c this wouldnt have gotten anywhere. needless to say props to them.
i can't believe how many times you just said dude.

and i agree with byebyebeautiful, people always ignore dntel and don't seem to realize that the bands goes beyond ben and that without jimmy and dntel there would be no postal service. (i'm not saying everyone, but many.)

[FallOutGirl22]

CONGRATS! i loved their cd...when are they gonna put out a new one?

[JunkBondTrader]

awesome cd, definately deserved

[lovenotwar_rx]

Kris Roe loves the Postal Service. Just thought I'd point that out.

[KeepRockinOn]

That's flippin sweet for them. Rock on guys and keep up the good work.