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NewsPostal Service man discusses forthcoming projectThe Postal Service's Jimmy Tamborello is set to release his third Dntel album later this month. NME.COM caught up with Tamborello to discuss 'Dumb Luck', which features collaborations with Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley, and Grizzly Bear, and is due out April 24. Tamborello dubbed the album "experimental techno-pop", and explained how he came to collaborate with Lewis and Oberst. "I met Jenny (Lewis) during The Postal Service album," Tamborello told NME.COM. "We live close to each other in Silver Lake so it seemed natural." "Conor (Oberst) was friends with Jenny so I ended up hanging out with him. I had a song without vocals and asked him if he'd be interested in doing them. So he came over and recorded it -- it was all pretty casual," he said. Tamborello said that the process for creating Dntel songs is similar to the technique he and Ben Gibbard utilise for The Postal Service. "I send (contributors) blank instrumental tracks with no instructions, and they provide the lyrics and vocals," he explained. "I only wrote lyrics for (the title track) 'Dumb Luck'." Tamborello recorded most of the instrumentation at his house in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles. "I'm still pretty lo-fi," he admitted. "I'm more comfortable recording at my house with things not being perfect." Tamborello explained why 'Dumb Luck' was five years in the making. "I'd get sidetracked easily doing other projects like The Postal Service," he said. "Also I had a lot of trouble making all the songs fit together and turning them into an album, so I put them away for a while until they all came together." "For a while I couldn't figure out why I was making music and I was feeling insecure because a lot of people were listening to me because of the success of The Postal Service," he admitted. "That's what 'Dumb Luck' is about." Despite the challenges he faced along the way, Tamborello said he's satisfied with the end result. "I'm happy with how it came out and I hope other people will be too," he said. "My ultimate goal is to figure out a new type of music. It hasn't happened yet, but maybe someday." Angels and Airwaves tracklisting Angels and Airwaves' 2005 debut We Don't Need to Whisper signaled the beginning of a concept that not only continues, but flourishes with the release of the band's sophomore full-length, I-Empire. That's because the San Diego-based rock group, fronted by Tom DeLonge, has always considered both We Don't Need to Whisper and I-Empire two halves of its double-album concept. While the band's debut addressed infinite possibility in the human experience, I-Empire furthers the topic, referencing the idea that the empire that one builds exists within oneself. "It's a way of looking at the world, as the world is yours," DeLonge says. As for I-Empire's musical foundation, DeLonge notes that it's "a hybrid of everything about alternative music that I grew up listening to, like punk rock music and new wave. I am really excited for people to hear it." The members of Angels and Airwaves created their own experience earlier this year, spending six months recording their latest release at DeLonge's studio in San Diego, with drummer Atom Willard, guitarist David Kennedy and new bassist Matt Wachter (formerly of 30 Seconds To Mars). "Matt's a punk rock kid at heart," DeLonge says. "He grew up on the Descendents, Fugazi and Gorilla Biscuits ? all the bands that we grew up listening to." Much like Angels and Airwaves' debut, I-Empire also delivers a diverse collection of songs, from expansive compositions to straight-ahead pop-oriented rockers, of which DeLonge notes, "sounds more like 'old Tom DeLonge,' but with these Angels and Airwaves choruses." The album's first single, "Everything's Magic," immediately finds the tight-knit rhythm section of Willard and Wachter propelling the upbeat verses with an infectious drive, buttressed by open, melodic guitar riffing, and guided by DeLonge's grasping vocal delivery at the forefront. 'Just sit back and hold on tight,' sings Tom DeLonge in the song, offering sound advice for the entire album. Angels and Airwaves, I-Empire: 1. CALL TO ARMS 2. EVERYTHING?S MAGIC 3. BREATHE 4. LOVE LIKE ROCKETS 5. SIRENS 6. SECRET CROWDS 7. START OF BETHLEHEM (PRELUDE) 8. TRUE LOVE 9. LIFELINE 10. JUMPING ROOFTOPS (PRELUDE) 11. RITE OF SPRING 12. HEAVEN 13. (Exclusive bonus track for UK only ? to be announced) |
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