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Song · 2003 · Alternative rock

The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

The Postal Service

2003

★ 5.8 editorial score

Tamborello mailed the beats to Gibbard on discs, who wrote this over a breakup with someone who moved to Washington.

Genre

Alternative rock Indietronica Indie Rock

Subject

Breakups Loneliness

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“The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody.”

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