Music Monday

Hey there, this is Nate Cannon - I’ve been given the honor to help you get your weekly fix of Music Monday madness. I promised Shane I wouldn’t screw this up too bad, so here it goes…

If you’re like me, you became slightly obsessed with Postal Service (the awesome collaboration between Death Cab’s Ben Gibbard and Dntel’s Jimmy Tamborello) when it came out over 8 years ago (has it really been almost a decade?!). Their album Give Up was being spun on repeat on college campuses across the nation at the time, and at least for me it brought to the mainstream a new genre that had the perfect blend of indie/electronica/pop. I needed more. My search turned up some other winners (e.g., Electric President, Radical Face, etc), but also made it clear that striking this right balance is no easy task. Recent bands have put out some entertaining tunes that have mimicked PS’s success (think Owl City and the like), but like any imitation, they usually come up short.

I think the band behind today’s Music Monday highlight, Faded Paper Figures, does a good job of using the same genre-mixing elements as PS, without resorting to blatant, shameless imitation. You can’t help but compare it to PS, but they’ve also successfully carved out their own musical space. I love the soft, understated style vocals mixed with the tight electronic beats and acoustic guitar backing. And I think you will too.

Hope you enjoy “B Film” by Faded Paper Figures!