Life Is Full of Possibilities

Life Is Full of Possibilities

ASIN: B00005QHR8

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Dntel comforts himself by combining melancholy melodies with an assortment of electronic production styles, as well as enlisting friends to add vocals and guitar on some tracks. The resultsrangefromTimbaland inspired minimal techno to pop songs buried in static, cut-up acoustic guitars, sampled symphonies struggling to find somewhere to settle, found sound and blissed-out drones. This album includes vocal contributions from Chris Gunst (Beachwood Sparks, ex-Strictly Ballroom), Mia Doi Todd (solo artist, City Zen records), Meredith Figurine (Figurine), Rachel Haden (solo artist, ex-That Dog), and Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), plus guitar by Paul Larson (Athalia, ex-Strictly Ballroom) and Brian McMahan (The For Carnation, ex-Slint).

Tracks:

Umbrella
Anywhere Anyone
Pillowcase
Fear Of Corners
Suddenly Is Sooner Than You Think
Life Is Full Of Possibilities
Why I'm So Unhappy
(This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan
Last Songs

Album Description

Dntel comforts himself by combining melancholy melodies with an assortment of electronic production styles, as well as enlisting friends to add vocals and guitar on some tracks. The resultsrangefromTimbaland inspired minimal techno to pop songs buried in static, cut-up acoustic guitars, sampled symphonies struggling to find somewhere to settle, found sound and blissed-out drones. This album includes vocal contributions from Chris Gunst (Beachwood Sparks, ex-Strictly Ballroom), Mia Doi Todd (solo artist, City Zen records), Meredith Figurine (Figurine), Rachel Haden (solo artist, ex-That Dog), and Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), plus guitar by Paul Larson (Athalia, ex-Strictly Ballroom) and Brian McMahan (The For Carnation, ex-Slint).

Customer Reviews:

A Classic Ambient-Glitch Outing.......2007-02-23

Anyone who's a fan of texture and ambience should be all over this--the sonic beauty, tonal ambience and rhythmic complexity place this album somewhere between Autechre's beats and My Bloody Valentine's sonic soundscapes. Few people aside from Dntel and Telefon Tel Aviv are doing this kind of things these days, and even fewer are doing it well.

In my opinion, the content of this album (which launched the Postal Service duo) is far superior to the Postal Service's debut itself, which stains itself with lyrical content that seems adolescent in comparison with the surrealist/existentialist vibe of Life is Full of Possibilities. Even The Dream of Evan and Chan, the first Tamborello/Gibbard collaboration, sounds far more poetic than any Postal Service song.

If you're a fan of Postal Service, you might call this Postal Service for adults, although anyone from the electronic/tech side of the spectrum will appreciate this just as much, and likely more. Also, for anyone with a passing interest in Marine Science, Tamborello samples the entirety of the mysterious "Bloop" signal on one track, and yes, he does justice to the intrigue of the phenomenon.

rather dull (it's as if they are warming up the keyboards for Postal Service).......2006-11-01

I love Postal Service.
So i picked this cd up after reading all of the great reviews.
DULL. sorry folks.
there is maybe 2 or 3 decent "songs"...but the rest of the cd is just 5 minutes of a syth "warming-up" here and there.
oh well.

wow.......2006-08-03

All I can say about this album is "oh my god, how did this guy think of this stuff?" It's truly sublime. It's above anything else I can think of. I think this album even could possibly top Telefon Tel Aviv's work.

If you're into psychidelics this will become regular rotation for you - if you know what I mean. Also on that list for me is Herbie Hancock - headhunters, Miles Davis - Bitch's Brew, and Telefon Tel Aviv's Map of what is Effortless. Make sure you listen to track 5 when you peak. Oh my GOD~!

A Masterpiece!.......2006-01-13

Beautiful and uncanny. Highly recommended!

Consuming.......2005-10-04

This CD is worth the money for the first track alone! The soundscapes are euphoric, and like alcohol, can accentuate whatever emotion you are feeling at that time. Just listen and let it engulf you.
The rest of the CD does not quite measure up, in my opinion. There are still, however, some other good tracks. Evan and Chan is ok, but it reminds me of his later works as The Postal Service. (I believe the collaboration on that song spawned The Postal Service.)
All in all, this is a great CD that I am glad I have in my possession.

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