The Postal Service was an American indie electropop band which formed in Seattle, Washington in 2001 The group consisted of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jimmy Tamborello (production, programming, synthesizers) and Jenny Lewis (vocals, guitar) The band released one album "Give Up" in 2003 and were active until 2005 The band reunited in 2013 for a reunion tour before permanently disbanding that AugustThe band started life as a side project for singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, Headset and Figurine 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 ChanThe band released their debut album Give Up on 18 February 2003 on the Sub Pop label The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and is the second best-selling record in the history of Sub Pop Records after Bleach by NirvanaSeveral songs on this album 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
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