The Postal Service "Give Up"

The Postal Service is a long-distance collaboration between Ben Gibbard (singer / guitarist from Death Cab for Cutie) and Jimmy Tamborello (Jimmy recorded the Beachwood Sparks album Make the Cowboy Robots Cry and also records under the name Dntel). Ben and Jimmy sent music back and forth, between California and Washington, each adding new elements until the record was complete. The result is a sweetly charming, largely electronic album with a warmth not typically associated with the clicks-and-beeps set. As an added bonus, additional vocals on the record are provided by Jen Wood and Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis.

It's been nearly two years since the monumentally successful GIVE UP CD came out. Since then, it's scanned over 350,000 and is currently enjoying sales that are consistently better than any other period during its release. Now comes the vinyl edition, containing a bonus six track EP with the B-sides of both commercially available Postal Service CD singles. Also includes covers by the Shins and Iron & Wine as well as the remixes from 'The District Sleeps Alone Tonight' single.