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| From l-r, Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, who are playing the Mann Center on Monday, June 17th. |
Nearly ten
years after releasing The Postal Service’s only album, 2003’s Give Up, the band is back, complete with
a 10th Anniversary edition of the album, new members, and a world
tour. The tour includes shows at
Coachella and Lollapalooza Music Festivals, and Brooklyn’s brand new Barclays
Center, among other stops. The founding duo of Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for
Cutie) and Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel, Headset) has expanded to include Laura
Burhenn (Mynabirds) and vocalist Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley), who contributed
vocals and back-up instrumentation on many of Give Up’s tracks.
The Postal Service formed as a
collaboration between lead singer Ben Gibbard, and instrumentalist Jimmy Tamborello
on the track “(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan” by Tamborello’s band, Dntel.
The team would send recordings and instrumentals through the U.S Postal
Service, thus naming the project after the real
mail-carrying service.
Give Up has sold 1.07 million
copies since its release (receiving a platinum certification), proving to be
Sub Pop Records’ best-selling album since Nirvana’s Bleach. Released in February of 2013, the 10th
Anniversary e
dition features fifteen previously-unreleased bonus tracks,
including two new songs, covers, and remixes of tracks on the album.
The group has played
high-profile “reunion shows” at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival,
the Barclays Center and the Sasquatch! Music Festival, delighting fans who have
waited eagerly to hear the band’s recognizable brand of electronic pop-rock.
The tour makes a stop in
Philadelphia at the Mann Center Monday, July 17th with support from
Ra Ra Riot. The doors open at 6:00 PM, and tickets are $29.50-$44.50.
~TJM
~TJM
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