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• The Postal Service is an American Electronic indie-pop band comprised of lead singer, and Death Cab for Cutie frontman, Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: Seattle, Washington
  2. Genre(s): Indie pop, Electropop
  3. Years active: 2001-2005 (hiatus)
  4. Label(s): Sub Pop

• Members

  1. Jimmy Tamborello
  2. Ben Gibbard

• Backgrounds

  The group formed after Gibbard contributed vocals for a song called "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" from Dntel's album Life Is Full of Possibilities. The song sparked an EP of remixes by other artists, such as Lali Puna, The Flaming Lips, Safety Scissors, Barbara Morgenstern and Superpitcher, and was so well received that the two artists decided that further collaboration was in order.

• Name

  The band's name was chosen due to the way in which they produced its songs. Tamborello wrote and performed instrumental tracks and then sent the DATs to Gibbard, who edited the song as he saw fit (adding his vocals along the way), sending them back to Tamborello via the United States Postal Service.

• Discography

  Albums

  • 2003: Give Up

  EPs

  • 2003: Such Great Heights
  • 2003: The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
  • 2005: We Will Become Silhouettes

• Related Mahalo Pages

  Death Cab for Cutie | Ben Gibbard | Snow Patrol | The Shins | Modest Mouse | Arcade Fire | Sufjan Stevens | The Decemberists | Coldplay | Rilo Kiley | Jenny Lewis | Broken Social Scene | Dntel

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