“The District Sleeps Alone Tonight”
Deluxe Anniversary Version

The first episode of Song Exploder, about The Postal Service tune “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight,” got here out 10 years in the past, in January 2014. To rejoice the 10th anniversary of the podcast, we’re doing what bands do, and placing out a deluxe, expanded version of our very first launch: this model incorporates a new interview, new insights, and new items of the tune and demo.

The Postal Service fashioned in 2001. Their debut album got here out in 2003, and it was a recreation changer. Their mixture of digital music and indie rock not solely bought over one million copies; their songs have been in all places on TV and in movie, and influenced a era of artists. Final 12 months, they performed bought-out concert events throughout the US in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the album, and there are extra exhibits to come back in 2024. A number of weeks in the past, I spoke to Ben Gibbard, and I mixed that with my unique interview from 2013 with Jimmy Tamborello. And right here, collectively, the 2 of them inform the story of how they made their tune “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.”

You should buy or stream “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” right here.

Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

Jenny Lewis, who sings backing vocals, was the singer of Rilo Kiley
Dntel – “(That is) The Dream of Evan and Chan”
Jimmy’s band Arca as soon as performed with Dying Cab For Cutie at Spaceland in Los Angeles
Pedro Benito of Sunday’s Greatest and The Jealous Sound
Jimmy used a Macintosh Quadra to regulate his Kurzweil Okay2000 synth
Bjork – Homogenic
Black Cat – Music venue in Washington, D.C.
Audio-Technica 4033 – Microphone
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