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The Postal Service
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(2001 – present)
The Postal Service is an indie electro-pop band, 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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brittleiminiz wrote:
They seriously need to get back together :/
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djvictoria68 wrote:
Sleeping In is one of my top favs....
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JonathanCoker wrote:
NO 2ND ALBUM....................for now :D
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xCYDONiA wrote:
Haha, I like how "The District Sleeps Alone Toni" has almost 500 plays per week.
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Eltamore wrote:
Wait..... So that "Space Gods" clip was a hoax? NO 2ND ALBUM?! D:!!
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Eltamore wrote:
"so few"? There's almost 1mil listeners..
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xfreekx wrote:
Modest Mouse has a new 7" called "Autumn Beds" limited to 4000. Here's a list of stores that have it... http://www.recordstoreday.com
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noroi_23 wrote:
recycled air acoustic is love <3
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rurouni_pengu wrote:
wow!! i can't believe that so few have listened to the postal service :/ :O
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all_star_ace wrote:
love<3
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lost_charlotte wrote:
perfect!
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crankdatilia wrote:
Such Great Heights mashup with Kid Cudi http://sicktingz.net/2009/06/28/new-kid-cudi-vs-the-postal-service/
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sasha_jf wrote:
So amazing!!!!!!
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mattjb wrote:
I really wish they'd do a second album. :( Just
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GorgeousTrashyG wrote:
the wonderful band)
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figjamjoe wrote:
Well they came over to my house yesterday for tea and crumpets and said a second album was on the cards
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lnrzzz wrote:
"The anticipation of the second record has been a far bigger deal for everybody except the two of us…I don't know about it being the indie-rock Chinese Democracy, but now that Chinese Democracy has come out, I guess it just becomes the second Postal Service record that will never come out. There never really was a plan to do a second album."[11] No new album, has been known for a while. Fail, all of you.
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JonathanCoker wrote:
lol @ "next album". maybe we all should really just give up...? nevermind, i will never give up hope!
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leap_of_faith wrote:
I can't believe I've never listened to their album before. So amazing. MOAR. NOW.
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3 Nov 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/thepostalservice
Tomorrow, we will elect the next President of the United States. The result will have great consequences for the nation. This election offers a choice between two men with dramatically different visio. …
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