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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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sufjanatic_93 wrote:
"Owl City is like "meh" and The Postal Service is like "Oh fuck yeah, brah."[5] and "If anything Owl City is a devolution from the Postal Service." [3]
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nzMatt wrote:
If anything Owl City is a devolution from the Postal Service. [2]
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joey_zaza wrote:
congrats to gibbard and tamborello for their first #1
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Chadipoo wrote:
If anything Owl City is a devolution from the Postal Service.
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PlayThatTrack wrote:
there is no Rip-off here, just similar music. and IMO, if that was true, Owl City would be an EVOLUTION from TPS.
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the_ryecatcher wrote:
Owl City is like "meh" and The Postal Service is like "Oh fuck yeah, brah."[4]
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SalsaShaker wrote:
Owl City is like "meh" and The Postal Service is like "Oh fuck yeah, brah."[3]
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greenishglow wrote:
Note to RawrArielle, that was crisp sarcasm.
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RawrArielle wrote:
Lol. Not only is TPS way better than Owl City, they've been around since '01. Owl City started in '07. I think it's pretty obvious who's the rip-off.
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Himmelhost wrote:
owl city ripoff.
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alexpersaud wrote:
Owl City is like "meh" and The Postal Service is like "Oh fuck yeah, brah." [2]. Yup.
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vicious-elijazz wrote:
plastic operator should be in similar artists
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zwergaffe wrote:
there is no replacement for tps!!
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tim61 wrote:
muito bom.
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aaroozz wrote:
<3
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Mad_Dingo704 wrote:
I'm going to be very upset when fireflies get's more listeners than such great heights
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africancaribou wrote:
Owl City is like "meh" and The Postal Service is like "Oh fuck yeah, brah."
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Jedidude77 wrote:
rip
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Andrezzy941FL wrote:
SO FUCKING GOOD
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Final_Spider wrote:
Well TPS is better than Owl City honestly, but if TPS isn't going to make music anymore, I'll take a replacement.
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