The U.S. Postal Service has been at the forefront of the political conversation for the past few weeks. And incidentally, so has the Postal Service’s ongoing indie-pop project, Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, mostly because it’s hard not to make a joke about the duo when the postal service arrives. Now, Gibbard has taken advantage of that to draw attention to the very real threat facing the USPS. During a recent livestream show, Gibbard ran the Postal Service “Such Great Heights” and dedicated it to the USPS.
“I think more than any election in my life, this is essential. And one of the many institutions outside of democracy that is very core that is under fire is that of the United States Postal Service, ‘Gibbard said in the stream. “For those who do not know, I was in a band called Postdienst. We released in 2003 and we made this music by sending CDs back and forth to each other … I think in the midst of this global pandemic nothing is more important than voting safe and secure and voting by mail has shown that this is always the case again and again and again. ”
When the Postal Service first arrived, the USPS sent a stop and waiver message to the band for breach of their trademark. But they came across an agreement where the band was given a free license to use the name in exchange for promoting the postal service – “Such Great Heights” was later used in a USPS ad. That Gibbard has been a postal service champion for a while now.
Before the livestream, Gibbard was back in his home studio, where he did all of his livestream performances earlier this year. He also did “Northern Lights” from Death Cab For Cutie’s latest album Thank you so much for today. Watch below – chat service starts at 3:30 p.m.
What better way to help the USPS than posting a new Postal Service album back and forth?
