A lot of people ask me, “The CRLS, why don’t u evr blog about new bands 2 watch, kinda like MTV?”
I figure I should listen 2 readers and blog about this new band that I think will be huge in the next 10 years.
The Postage Service is a band from Washington that’s gonna make a lot of buzz this year, and not just on blogs. Their songs are rlly approachable, and they also add a lot of meaningful lyrics to their music.
Here are a few unreleased [EXCLUSIVE] tracks, with some commentary (personal):
The song “Such Great Heights” is about wanting 2 have a higher existence with some1 u luv.
“Brand New Colony” is about an alt in a mainstream world who wants 2 build a brand new cult-like compound with ur closest group of friends.
“Clark Gable” is the first song that accurately captured what it means 2 fall in <3.
I think I have finally found a band that I can relate 2 on a spiritual & social level. It’s always refreshing when u can find ’some1 who can put feelings in2 words’, and I feel like front man “Benjamin Gibbard” might be the modern day electronic Jeff Buckley. Some1 needs to come along and use these songs in commercials, movies, & movie trailers. And also the ‘meaningful intro’ to playoff games.
Do u think this band will ‘make it’?
Here is their official music video for the song “Clark Gable” about an entry-level-about-2-be-altBro who is looking 4 real love.
POSTAL SERVICES ON PUREVOLUME
http://www.myspace.com/thepostalservice
Previous ARTIST U SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/06/new-hro-gimmick-hot-new-artists-that-u-should-know-about.html [David Matthews]
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wait… is this serious???
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Yeah no I’m sorry, are you ill? The Postal Service is old news, but GOOD news. And you called them The Postage Service?? I’m so confused if this is a horrible joke against them or your being completely serious.
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//////////Reply by anonymous
//////////Posted October 16th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
are YOU ill? srsly. cummon.
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//////////Reply by K Angeli
//////////Posted October 17th, 2008 at 3:11 am
@NotUrban, lol obv you are not very urbn(outfitterz) cuz anyone that was wud kno this is so obv. a joke lol
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//////////Reply by oopsy poopsy
//////////Posted October 17th, 2008 at 5:33 am
@NotUrban, how many blog minutes have you been reading this blog?
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trying wayyyyyyy to hard on this 1
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‘NEW’ band? r u fo real, carles? its that guy from death cab for cutie!! lolz wikipedia is ur best friend when ur bl0gging.
bl0g faux pas man
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unless u were being funnie. which i sincerely hope u were
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Wow lol r all the abuv readerz new? DUH BBS OF COURSE IT’S A JOKE HELLO REFER TO THE DAVID MATHEWS ENTRY FROM HROS PAST.
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funny but i am confused. this is more “emo” than alt.
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I don’t know if you’ve heard about them, but you should really look into The [fm]Radioheads, they’re so up and cumming.
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//////////Reply by HAHAHA
//////////Posted February 24th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
@Anounymouse, lol
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OMFG! There’s a new hip afro band called The Fugees. They play the drums well. Naghahanap ka ba ng bagong kanta? I’ll put The Postage Service on my MS profile for you.
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//////////Reply by mstrcnt
//////////Posted October 16th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
@The Monochromator,
lol^2
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you steal my sunshine carles
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10w63_len-steal-my-sunshine_music
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these peepz don’t get you carles:[
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either the majority of readers here are complete asshat idiots, or they are just grossly misrepresented in the first five cmmntz.
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//////////Posted October 16th, 2008 at 1:01 am
@childpred, my thoughts exactly…
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In case you havent herd them, The Beatles are a pretty k00l underground band… just worried they might go MAINSTREEM soon :(((
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WHAT THE HECK IM 12 AND I READ HIPSTER RUNOFF AND I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT POSTAL SERVICE I WANT 2 READ ABOUT KEWL BANDS LIEK ANORAKK WAIT IS THIS A JOKE AM I JUST A BIG FUCKING FGGT????
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//////////Reply by andy
//////////Posted October 16th, 2008 at 2:16 am
@anonymous, haha you’re 12
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//////////Reply by alex
//////////Posted October 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
@andy, haha you’re a faggot
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attention first 5 cmmntrs:
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSH
y’all
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//////////Reply by Oh lawd
//////////Posted November 11th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
@anonymous,
haha 4real, damn
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holy fuck.
3 songs video 1+
in this post
z0mg
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Write about Futurecop! They are s0 good!
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i get it, hes a cop from the future!
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You AltBag FAGT; Missed Out 2 YEARS AGO. GO SUBPOP!!!!!!
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this post and so many of the comments thereafter are full. of. fail. like i did not know that so much fail would fit into one blog. nice work.
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//////////Reply by salah
//////////Posted August 19th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
@kmr,
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wait is this for serious?
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http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/?s=postal+service
shh
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fggts just dont get sarcasm/irony/being glib
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YOUR READERZ ARE TURNING INTO IDIOT.
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u ppl obviously “don’t get” carles…
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i know crls is wisse beyond hiss years but do u evr get the feeln that this perfect blog is just a lie
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Such Great Heights is in fact used in a norwegian commercial for the the norwegian postal service.. tata
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Major Huggles CRLS – you are like a beautiful flower and this post was like the sweet scent of perfume. thank you!
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carls u shud chek out this other band that is tots meaningfulcore. their called the beatals. they sing abt how all u need is love, which i can rly relate 2
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the amount of non intentional irony in this post and comments is quite amazing. obviously there are still a lot of readers who dont quite “get it.” :(
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yikes @ the first few comments.
told y’all that it’s mostly little kids who read hro v2.0
obviously this was a joke, but at this point i feel like it’s passé to even joke about this band of fggts.
(attn teenage fggts: postage cervicals are wack)
sucks when the comments page is funnier than the actual entries.
i am massively disheartened. : (
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//////////Reply by mstrcnt
//////////Posted October 16th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
@a.,
word. something horribly, horribly wrong has turned hro into a perversion of its formal self. & on a side note…..***Attention all ESL and remedial english students: the seminar on IRONY will resume right after homeroom…ya lil cunts
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//////////Reply by kmr
//////////Posted October 16th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
@a., inorite.
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Carles,
Take ur emo bullshit music, masked as electro, off the blog, for blog’s sake. Kevin Drew wanna be soundin’ ass. I’m terribly dissappointed and can only hope this is a joke, ya’ll. :(
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wow, from now on i’m not gonna read the comments on HRO.
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if you take this bl0g srsly ur not allowed 2 comment nemore.
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I get the joke and it’s not funnie.
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postal service is s0o0o0oooo 4 years ago.
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I LOVE HALL AND OATES
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//////////Reply by RadRob
//////////Posted October 16th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
@Daryl,
I LOVE QUAKE AND OATES
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hahahahaha this post was funnie and the cmmts were even funnier.
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i think the comments got to about meta^5-ironic? or maybe 6th
good show chaps
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OMG I think “The CRLS” has created a monster… as I said b4: how many blognanoseconds have sum ppl bn reading this blog?
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Why do i have to give a fake email to comment now…what happened to anonhmous posts.?
postage service = death cab for cutie ? must be a side project of some horrible kind.
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<3 underground musicccc
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your laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
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didnt you make this joke already? like a while ago?
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srsly genius.
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Elliot Smith is so much better.
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you can indeed blog about anything…. except music… those are the worst posts sorry to say. And SNL already perfected the art of dragging on a joke way too long back in the 90’s.
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You are all complete CUNTS. Anyone who uses this fucking ridiculous channer/internet faggot speak is a complete fucking nonse. Get a fucking life and stop speaking internet slang you limp dicked little hermits.
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//////////Reply by cold legs
//////////Posted February 18th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
@me, NONSE?? forget something there? maybe an “NSE?”
at least we misspell on purpose, douche
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Very Funny,,almost Kaufmanesque..but not quite.
PS- the damn noodling, thin voice, self serious thumb twiddlers Postal Service anyway.Blech.
Have you heard of YouTwo?Dey all new n shitz.
Doesn’t Carless live in portland already? Hard to beeleev dough beecuz dis blog deels wid a world outside de smelly WillyWankin’ Valley.Don’t ever go there. Brer Rabbid and Dar Baby on de road.
this acid is hot!
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This fucking killed me! Rock 2008!
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this is the funniest comments section on HRO. Everyone’s so confused.
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