I'm Not Like A 90-mph

The Late '90s Were A Really Bad Time For People Trying To Be Rock Stars, You Know What I Mean? It Seemed Like Everyone Was A One-hit Wonder On The Radio. We Had Friends Who Had A Hit Single On The Radio And Sold 500,000 Records, And Then They Couldn't Get Arrested A Year Later. I Had This Feeling At The Time That That Was Not Possible Anymore, So The Idea Of Becoming The Biggest Band In The Country—it Seemed Laughable. I Felt That Having Those Sort Of Ambitions Was Foolish, Because There Was No Way That Was Going To Be Possible. If You Saw It That Way, You Were Just Deluding Yourself.

I Feel That We Are Currently Living In A World That Is Similar To Late '50s, Early '60s Kind Of World.

The Second 'postal Service' Album Is Threatening To Become The 'chinese Democracy' Of Indie Rock. It Will Come Out Eventually, Or Maybe It Won't.

Keeping Fans Loyal Is A Delicate Balance. Therein Lies The Challenge For Any Band That's More Than A Couple Albums Deep. It's Like, How Do You Continue To Make Records That Are Representative Of Who You Are That Your Fans Will Recognize As Your Band, While Still Trying To Push Things Forward And Present New Sounds For People.

We Never Sit Down Before We Start Making A Record And Talk About This New Sonic Palette That We Are Going To Try To Explore. We Always Let The Record Kind Of Reveal Itself To Us Over Time.