Amoeba Music

The sunny electro-pop super duo Postal Service is a testament to the regularity of mail delivery along the American West Coast. Mail carriers should be proud, for if history hadn’t played itself out the way it did, the collaboration between Death Cab for Cutie’s leader Ben Gibbard and Dntel’s Jimmy Tamborello might have been called Federal Express.

In 2001, Tamborello--he glitch and electronica cult hero also known variously as Dntel, James Figurine, and as the former bassist of indie group Strictly Ballroom--approached Gibbard about recording a vocal tract for the Dntel debut full-length album. Although he had never met Gibbard, Tamborello was a fan of Death Cab for Cutie’s emotionally charged indie rock.... Read More

Genre:

Rock, Alternative/Indie

City Of Origin:

Seattle, ,Washington United States

Formed Date:

2001