The Postal Service - Sleeping In [LIVE]

What this video is

The Postal Service formed as a mail-correspondence side project between Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello in 2001, releasing their sole studio album Give Up in 2003 on Sub Pop Records. The record became a touchstone of early-2000s indie electropop, blending programmed beats with confessional songwriting. The band did not perform live for nearly a decade, making their 2013 reunion tour — timed to the album's 10th…

Why it matters

The Postal Service's Give Up is widely credited with mainstreaming the indie electropop and indietronica genres in North America, bridging emo-influenced songwriting with laptop-produced electronic textures at a pivotal moment in the early 2000s. This live video documents the rare transformation…

The director

Los Angeles-born director, cinematographer, and editor whose parents worked in documentary filmmaking and broadcast journalism. His feature music documentary work includes Drive Well, Sleep Carefully: On the Road with Death Cab for Cutie, See a Little Light:…