We Will Become Silhouettes

by The Postal Service

We Will Become Silhouettes cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 8 February 2005
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 16:36
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Matthew Dear, Tony Gillis, Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, Jeff Kleinsmith, Jenny Lewis, Styrofoam

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Showcasing a remarkably cheerful, synthpop-inspired instrumental backing that starkly contrasts with Ben Gibbard's lyrics about surviving a nuclear apocalypse. The highly celebrated music video features the band performing in a post-apocalyptic shelter, further emphasizing the track's morbid lyrical dissonance.

Genres

Descriptors: Leftfield, death, existential, war

Tracklist

  1. We Will Become Silhouettes (4:59)
  2. Be Still My Heart (3:02)
  3. Nothing Better - Styrofoam Remix (3:31)
  4. We Will Become Silhouettes - Matthew Dear's Not Scared Remix (5:02)

Credits

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