The Postal Service were an electronic pop duo consisting of producer Jimmy Tamborello and singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie.

The collaboration between the two started when Tamborello’s solo project, Dntel, released “(This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan” featuring Ben Gibbard in 2001. The positive feedback of the song led to the duo deciding to make an album together.

Their only album, Give Up, was released in 2004. Out of its ten tracks, the best known song is probably “Such Great Heights”. However, their only charting single was “We Will Become Silhouettes”, which reached 82 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Rumors of a second album were common until 2013, when the duo reunited for Coachella and then went on a reunion tour. With the tour, they also re-released Give Up with new tracks, B-sides, remixes, and covers of their songs, and then officially broke up.

No new music from the two is ever expected to be released. However, a live album, Everything Will Change was released in 2020, using recordings of the aforementioned reunion tour.

Tamborello has had continued success with Dntel, and Gibbard’s band Death Cab For Cutie continues to be successful.