The Postal Service

The Postal Service Biography

What does Ben Gibbard listen to when he's not breaking indie rockers' hearts with his band Death Cab for Cutie and smash-hit "side project" The Postal Service? We're glad you asked, because it just so happens that he told us. Here's a list of some songs that are currently rocking Ben's world.

1. National Skyline - "Metropolis"

2. Doves - "Some Cities"

3. The Pogues - "If I Should Fall From Grace With God"

4. Portastatic - "I Wanna Know Girls"

5. John Cale - "Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)"

6. Bedhead - "The Unpredictable Landlord"

7. Brian Eno - "This"

8. Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "I Hear You Drowning But I'm Tied"

9. Die Welttraumforscher & Barbara Morgenstern - "Deine allerschönsten Dinge"

10. Karen Dalton - "Something's On Your Mind"

11. The Blood Brothers - "Crimes"

12. Steven Jesse Bernstein - "More Noise Please"

13. Joe Tex - "I Want To Do Everything For You"

14. Doris Duke - "If She's Your Wife (Who Am I)"

15. Julie Doiron - "Will You Still Love Me In December?"

The Postal Service All Music Guide Biography

Named for the way they traded sounds and ideas, the Postal Service is an electronica-meets-indie rock supergroup featuring Jimmy Tamborello (of Dntel and Figurine), and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard; Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis, and former Tattle Tale and solo artist Jen Wood provide backing vocals. Tamborello and Gibbard first worked together on the title track of Dntel's This Is the Dream of Evan and Chan EP; from there, the duo continued to collaborate via mail, with Tamborello sending electronic pieces and Gibbard adding guitars, vocals, and lyrics. The result, Give Up, were released in early 2003 by Sub Pop. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide


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