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The Postal Service
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Seattle, Washington, United States (2001 – present)
The Postal Service is an indie electro-pop band based in Seattle, Washington, United States, which started life as a side project for singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, Headset and Figurine. Several songs on their first LP, Give Up, feature guest vocals from Jenny Lewis, the lead singer of Rilo Kiley, a band which was once on the same label as Death Cab (Barsuk Records) and vocals from Jen Wood, an indie rock solo artist. Chris Walla recorded some of the songs and played the piano on 
Nothing Better.
The way in which the group combines electronic backing tracks with poppy hooks is somewhat reminiscent of 1980s new wave music. The group formed, in 2001, after Gibbard contributed vocals for a song on Dntel’s album Life Is Full of Possibilities called(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan. This 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.
Its name comes from the manner in which their songs were written, due to the fact that the two of them lived too far away to be able to work together in person. Tamborello would create beats and mail them to singer and lyricist Gibbard, who would then edit them and put his melodies over the tracks and mail them back. Gibbard didn’t write any of the lyrics until the tracks were completely finished.
Nothing Better.The way in which the group combines electronic backing tracks with poppy hooks is somewhat reminiscent of 1980s new wave music. The group formed, in 2001, after Gibbard contributed vocals for a song on Dntel’s album Life Is Full of Possibilities called
(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan. This 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.Its name comes from the manner in which their songs were written, due to the fact that the two of them lived too far away to be able to work together in person. Tamborello would create beats and mail them to singer and lyricist Gibbard, who would then edit them and put his melodies over the tracks and mail them back. Gibbard didn’t write any of the lyrics until the tracks were completely finished.
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We Will Become Silhouettes EP
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We Will Become Silhouettes
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XXXnicoletteXXX wrote:
yeah... it reeks.
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Belatonin wrote:
sure is troll in here
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whereisraffi wrote:
MaoNietzsche, thank you.
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whereisraffi wrote:
Owl City is a JOKE, i mean myspace band... hahaha
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killrandydead wrote:
hahaha even though Postal Service was a band WAAAAAAAAAAAAY before OWL CITY.. learn music history buddy! postal service is now Death Cab, well the singer anyways...
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ValkyrieMissle wrote:
lol postal service ripping off owl city. i hope you are joking.
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archauthor wrote:
Okay here's the deal. Postal Service are older than Owl City. If anyone ripped off anyone, Owl City ripped off Postal Service. I'm 14 and I've had this CD since I was ten, and it's one of my favorites. I hate Owl City. Moving on.
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RoFen wrote:
moar plz.
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Dylan29 wrote:
This is a fucking LOLbox
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fishniw wrote:
wow, postal service really is such an owl city rip off. I heard their song on that UPS commerical or whatever (such great heights). It sounds just like Fireflies!
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Jedidude77 wrote:
god i saaid this owl city stuff months and months ago and no one picked up on it. why now?! i'm mad
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Mad_Dingo704 wrote:
Lol you guys got trolled.
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Oboes wrote:
Such a blatant rip of off Owl City? I AM 13 but seriously, just stop being so stupid.
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Citydirt wrote:
they always make me feel nostalgic...i listened to them like crazy when i was 16.
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MaoNietzsche wrote:
"AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHA" That's what I think about The Postal Service ripping off Owl City. Seriously, are you people 12 or something?
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SeventyyK wrote:
These guys are pretty good, but they're no Flaming Lips.
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dimakdimas wrote:
what's wrong with u guys? The Postal Service is definitely better than owl what?
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Luminouss wrote:
recycled air is just incredible. and for the record, the postal service is and will always be the best there is. you shitty owl fans need to get off the internet and go back to watching iCarly.
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DAVEGROHLisGAWD wrote:
people think that TPS is ripping off Owl City??? HAHAHAHA
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FooFranz wrote:
Owl what?
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Ben performs "Such Great Heights" on D-Tour Documentary, November 10
9 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/thepostalservice
Ben Gibbard performs "Such Great Heights" in D-Tour, the documentary that follows Rogue Wave's drummer Pat Spurgeon and his experiences with kidney failure, his passion for music, and the community th. …
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