- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2013
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2013
- Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) · 2003
Essential Albums
- This 10th-anniversary edition of the only Postal Service album includes every note from that serendipitous time. The original 10-song album is remastered for improved fidelity, but the 15 bonus cuts—with b-sides, remixes, and outtakes—make this an essential commemorative edition for the million-plus fans who turned Give Up into the second best-selling album in the Sub Pop Records catalog (just behind Nirvana's debut, Bleach). Not bad for what was a side project for Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Figurine's Jimmy Tamborello. The duo added Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis and Tattle Tale's Jen Wood for cameos, and this modest electronic pop album connected with indie music fans who were mostly accustomed to guitars, not synths. Of the bonus material, the covers of Phil Collins' "Against All Odds" and John Lennon's "Grow Old with Me" best illustrate The Postal Service's talents. Gibbard brings all the heart with his melodic and guileless vocals, while Tamborello sketches out sparse, arty arrangements on the keyboards and computer.
Albums
Music Videos
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- Frothy, meditative electro-pop bubbling with lovesick innocence.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
More To Hear
- How the Seattle indie label created three decades of noise.
- How the Seattle indie label created three decades of noise.
About The Postal Service
The Postal Service was a short-lived, much-loved electro-pop collaboration between Ben Gibbard of the indie-rock band Death Cab For Cutie and electronic music producer Jimmy Tamborello, aka Dntel. • Prior to The Postal Service, Gibbard guested on Dntel’s 2001 track “(This) Is the Dream of Evan and Chan.” • After deciding to make music together, the pair established a creative process that involved sending CDs back and forth through the mail—hence the band name. • The duo’s first and only album, Give Up, arrived on the famed Seattle indie label Sub Pop in 2003. By 2004, it had become the second-highest seller in Sub Pop history, after Nirvana’s Bleach. • Iron & Wine’s acoustic cover of the single “Such Great Heights” appears on the soundtrack of the 2004 film Garden State. • In 2005, the original Postal Service version of “Such Great Heights” was certified gold. Give Up went gold in 2005 and platinum in 2012. • As The Postal Service gained popularity, they received a cease-and-desist from the US Postal Service. The parties eventually struck an agreement wherein the band would promote the USPS and perform at the postmaster general’s annual conference. • After some initial touring around the album’s release, The Postal Service went on a hiatus for the remainder of the 2000s. All the while, Give Up gained new fans and grew in stature. • In 2013, The Postal Service released a 10th anniversary edition of Give Up featuring rarities and unreleased songs. Gibbard, Tamborello, and indie singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis, who sings on Give Up, toured that year and announced the group’s disbandment at the end of the run.
- ORIGIN
- Seattle, WA, United States
- FORMED
- 2001
- GENRE
- Electronic