I dont set out to write a solo song or write a band song.
I just write, and where that songs ends up is kind of TBD.
Youre celebrating two 15-year album anniversaries this year.
Credit: Eliot Lee Hazel
The first is the Postal ServicesGive Up, which turned out to be the bands only album.
We attempted to start a second record in 2004 [or] 2005.
Ill never have another year like that.
Speaking of which,Transatlanticismis also turning 15.
It also coalesced with this unique cultural moment in indie rock, which transformed from underground to collegiate music.
The bands I liked played small clubs: they loaded their own gear, there were no tour buses.
It was a much more underground scene at the time.
Your Instagram account recently featured a story about a KCMU session you guys did from 1998.
We were all 21 or 22.
I see those photos and we looked so fing young and so earnest and so bright-eyed.
Thats not why I started doing this.
It wasnt my ambition.
It wasnt even something I felt was attainable.
Are there moments where you regret being so transparent?No, I dont.
Singing in first-person infers intimacy and I firmly believe my best songs are the ones that contain real-life moments.
And quite frankly, thats what I pride myself on.
