{"id":1,"date":"2014-01-01T00:41:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T00:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=1"},"modified":"2021-09-06T18:22:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T01:22:54","slug":"the-postal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/the-postal-service","title":{"rendered":"Episode 1: The Postal Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;The District Sleeps Alone Tonight&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SongExploder1.png\" alt=\"SongExploder1\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SongExploder1.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SongExploder1-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=6f7337316f95e8c108f91c07f269afa7\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/postal-service-district-sleeps\/id788236947?i=221240245&#038;mt=2&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/75f1b937-ed3a-4bcf-9106-d9811a634843\/SongExploder1-ThePostalService-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Our first guest on Song Exploder is Jimmy Tamborello, aka Dntel, aka one half of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Postal_Service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Postal Service<\/a> (the other half being Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie). Jimmy breaks down &#8220;The District Sleeps Alone Tonight,&#8221; and talks about his instruments, his influences, and how he accidentally made a loop out of Jenny Lewis&#8217;s backing vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Buy the song on iTunes <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/district-sleeps-alone-tonight\/id597936899?i=597937189&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/the-postal-service-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bjork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bj\u00f6rk<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/homogenic\/id20833577?uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homogenic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.morrmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morr Music<\/a> (German electronic record label)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalipuna.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lali Puna<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"endsign\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The District Sleeps Alone Tonight&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Our first guest on Song Exploder is Jimmy Tamborello, aka Dntel, aka one half of The Postal Service (the other half being Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie). 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