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In February 2003, Death Cab for Cutie vocalist Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, who records electronic music under the name Dntel, released an album as the Postal Service called Give Up. For an electro-pop side project from two relatively unknown indie-rock musicians the album did surprisingly well, landing at number one on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Albums chart and placing in the top 20 on the Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts—the single “We Will Become Silhouettes” even cracked the Hot 100. Despite the unexpected success, Gibbard and Tamborello insisted on treating their collaboration like the side project it was intended to be, and after some promotional touring behind Give Up they put it to bed; the long-awaited sequel to Give Up seems less likely to happen with every passing year.
