While the ex-Him (Ben Gibbard) is getting a pound of press for the impending Postal Service comeback, his bandmate Chris Walla has just released (for Record Store Day on April 2oth) a new song entitled Never Give Up.  The song sounds to these ears like a variation on a theme of Death Cab for Cutie’s  evocative Passenger Seat.  Walla is a talented composer and player, having delivered (in addition to his Death Cab contributions and various stellar production jobs) a superb solo album in 2008 (Field Manual).  And he’s yet again given us a sworn and cinematic song in Never Give Up, which is side A of the record release on Trans-Records (Walla’s own label), and is backed by the upbeat Sombear song Incredibly Still.  Listen to both below.