So today is apparently "Shit All Over Some Band Called Owl City Who Have Some Song in the Top Ten Day," as Pitchfork dumped all over said song in a track review, and many blogs are running with the story that the band's frontman admitted that he is sort of ripping off Postal Service in an interview with Entertainment Weekly:

A lot of people have compared your music to the Postal Service. Are you a fan of theirs?
Yeah. It’s funny, because the more I hear people relating the two, the more I realize that they are pretty similar — even though that wasn’t my initial goal or anything. I definitely respect Ben [Gibbard] and everything he’s done. I’m probably a lot more of a Death Cab fan than I am a Postal Service fan. It’s an honor to be put in the same sentence with the Postal Service. What they did was incredible.

Had you heard the Postal Service album before you worked on your stuff?
A little bit. I’ve become more of a fan having started Owl City, actually. I had some friends in high school that would have it playing in their cars and stuff. It was cool, but it never really caught my ear. It’s kind of ironic, looking back at it, because a lot of people do relate the two projects. I can totally see it now, but I didn’t really then, for what it’s worth.

A lot of people wish they would put out another album. Is that something you would look forward to hearing?
Yeah. Having really dug into what the Postal Service did and what they were about, I think what they did was so brilliant. I think that record left everyone asking, “What are they going to do next?” Since no one has done anything quite like it, it’s almost like everyone is naturally saying this is the next step — maybe that’s me, maybe that’s this record. I have often asked myself what would they have done, had they come out with another record.

I've never even heard the song ("Fireflies," which is above) until now because I decided long ago to give up the opportunity to hear songs like this twice an hour in favor of listening to hip-hop radio and hearing "Ice Cream Paint Job" ("trunk hit hard like Kimbo Slice") every 15 minutes (which I feel like is the nobler decision). But holy shit, this does sound a lot like Postal Service. I'm not sure this isn't a Postal Service song, because I've only listened to that like once.

But I'm not sure it's that cool of a thing to be like, "This band ripped off Postal Service, let's get them" though, because then it admits you've seriously thought about "Fireflies." Which would be a shame.