Demise Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard uplifts and reminiscences on the music video period that’s the ’80s. Speaking to SPIN for our collaboration with Bose, Gibbard says it’s his favourite decade of sound, despite the fact that he missed out on being half of it.
“I’d’ve loved being at the forefront of the music video period,” Gibbard says. “There have been no guidelines, individuals had been doing loopy stuff, the ideas for the movies had been simply wild, and I believe that that may’ve been rather a lot enjoyable to be a component of.”
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Whereas his dream collaboration is with Robert Smith of The Remedy, Gibbard additionally credit Pleasure Divison and New Order as some of the most influential artists of the decade.
“Pleasure Divison and New Order are a yin and yang of affect that affected American music from that time on,” Gibbard says.
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