Canada Post Responds to The Postal Service with “Make Me”

Putting an end to the years long feud plaguing Canadian and American relations and rumoured to be a catalytic footnote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent divorce from Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau (big Postie), the full length album responding to 2013’s “Give Up” is finally here and available across all streaming services as soon as the trucks are able to hit the pavement.

“It ended up being way more pop-punk than I thought it would be,” said lead mail-lady Jaimee Jakobczak as she approved the final destinations list and made an unreasonably high payment for customs. “Benjimen Giberds version of this album is almost like a weird mushroom-infused electro-funeral march; the latter part of that made only more obvious by Iron & Wine’s incredible somber take on “Such Great Heights” and that’s so weird to me because that’s not what comes out to me when I listen to these songs at all. It makes you wonder if he even enjoyed working on this album with Jamie Tambourino and Jenny Lewis at all.”

Recently dubbed one of Rolling Stone’s top-one-off albums of all time (of all time? Of all time, as declared by The O.C’s Adam Brody coming off a 14 bender in the Hollywood Hills), “Give Up” reached critical claim many of us can only aspire too, no matter how many records we shove through the letter box at RS HQ.

“I think the best song on this album is my cover of The Postal Service’s cover of The Shin’s “We Will Become Silhouettes” but it’s really hard to choose. I’m particularly fond as well of the new dress I fit for “Clark Gable”, and “Brand New Colony” is absolutely worth sitting through the entire record for, but I’m a little biased,” she continued, her tongue swollen from licking dozens of stamps addressed specifically to Sub Pop and Barsuk Records.

“I figure they’ll have a better opportunity to listen to each track if I send them all each one on its own original vinyl, each a different colour for every part of the rainbow left off the bands original cover design packaged in a box overflowing with peanut M&M’s – it signifies hope and my desire to absolutely litter this earth with excess cardboard packaging for the good of all art-kind.”

The album is available for download and PWYC on the Neither Could Dylan Bandcamp, because Pine Four Records can’t be assed to create an account and pay more money for an official label title when at the end of the day this entire label is just 1 smol girl in 1 smol bedroom trying to get out into the big wide worl.

When asked if she’s looking forward to taking a trip to San Fransisco to see The Postal Service perform for the first time, lead composer architect JJ-Moonpie gushed, “Absolutely – I hope they play everything. I’m most looking forward to the 7 minute lead up to Natural Anthem which has no anthemic qualities or even a chorus of any kind. That’s the kind of shit I love these guys and girl for. That’s what gets you a spot in Rolling Stone magazine – take risks, you know? Show no fear.”

If it’s not available where you stream yet, wait a little longer. 

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