![]() ![]() ![]() Last August, Tamborello and Gibbard received a cease-and-desist order stating the Postal Service name violated a US Postal Service's trademark. The album eventually sold nearly 400,000 copies on the Sub Pop label, but from that popularity a problem arose regarding the collaboration's name 'Postal Service'. After sending music bits back and forth, they were able to piece together an electronica-meets-indie-rock album named "Give Up" that was released in early 2003. Jimmy Tamborello and Ben Gibbard are west coast musicians who struck up a long distance collaboration. Email has cut into their letter carrying business, but interestingly, a collaboration born on the internet is helping to help promote their services and strengthen their brand name. The US Postal Service has been hit hard by the rise of the internet. ![]()
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