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The Postal Service
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
The Postal Service
Plays on LTZ: (historical total not available beyond this vault's episode folders)
Tracks played
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight — played 2026-07-09
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The Postal Service — The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
Played: 2026-07-09 (TikTok)
From Give Up (2003), the sole album by Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel), a record now regarded as foundational to 2000s indie electropop. This was the lead single — glitchy production under a straightforwardly heartfelt vocal, a combination that felt genuinely new at the time and still holds up.
The Postal Service
Origin: Long-distance collaboration between Seattle, WA (Gibbard) and Los Angeles, CA (Tamborello), USA · formed 2001 · effectively disbanded after one album, with reunion tours in 2013 and 2023–2024 (final performance September 2024)
Members: Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums — also of Death Cab for Cutie), Jimmy Tamborello (production, keyboards, electronic percussion, programming — recording as Dntel), Jenny Lewis (backing/lead vocals, keyboards, guitar — guest on the album, later a full touring member)
Genre: Indietronica, synth-pop, indie pop
Discography:
Give Up (2003) — Sub Pop Records — Sub Pop's best-selling release since Nirvana's Bleach; certified platinum
Facts:
The band's name reflects how the album was made: Tamborello mailed instrumental DATs to Gibbard, who wrote and recorded vocals and mailed them back.
In 2003 the actual U.S. Postal Service sent a cease-and-desist over the band's name; it was resolved with a licensing deal that had the band perform at USPS's annual conference and feature in postal ads.
Despite releasing only one studio album, Give Up is considered foundational to 2000s indie electropop.