The Postal Service's 'A Tattered Line of String' Video Premieres

By: Jun. 19, 2013
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The Postal Service has unveiled its new video for "A Tattered Line Of String" today at http://youtu.be/K2xNj630NBU. The arresting and dreamlike clip finds one of two previously unreleased songs from the Give Up Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (Sub Pop) transformed by Parisian video team AB/CD/CD (Lily Allen, Factory Floor) into a surreal tale of longing and laundry.

The Postal Service has also confirmed that it will finally make its television debut, performing on TV for the first time ever Wednesday, June 19 on The Colbert Report.

The ongoing 10th anniversary tour commemorating the Give Up Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition recently blew through New York, selling nearly 30,000 tickets over a two-night stand at Brooklyn's Barclays Center that elicited rave reviews including:

The Postal Service's 2013 anniversary tour is arguably the single most hotly anticipated reunion of the year, selling out theaters, clubs, amphitheaters and arenas the world over, including the Greek Theatre in Berkeley and New York's Barclays Center where second dates were added by populardemand, as well as Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, London, Manchester, Detroit, Atlanta, Boise, Orlando, Columbus, and one of two upcoming Kansas City dates. The tour's final leg begins July 16 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, BC, and will include stops in Portland, Seattle, Santa Barbara, San Diego, St. Paul, and a pair of two night stands in Los Angeles and Berkeley, CA before concluding August 3 at Lollapalooza in Chicago.

The 10th anniversary dates reunite Postal Service principals Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello with Jenny Lewis, who appeared on the original 2003 album and tour. Lewis also sings on the new "A Tattered Line Of String" and "Turn Around" on the Give Up Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition. Laura Burhenn (Mynabirds, Bright Eyes) rounds out the current touring lineup.
Give Up was certified platinum last year just shy of 10 years from its original February 9, 2003 release. Led by the single "Such Great Heights," the landmark album is, after Nirvana's

Bleach, the second-biggest selling album in Sub Pop's 25-year history.

THE POSTAL SERVICE

LIVE 2013

06/18/13 Tue - Columbia MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion +
07/13/13 Sat - Salt Lake City UT @ The Saltair
07/16/13 Tues - Vancouver BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre %
07/17/13 Wed - Portland OR @ Rose Garden Arena %
07/18/13 Thu - Seattle WA @ Key Arena %
07/20/13 Sat - Santa Barbara CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl %
07/21/13 Sun - San Diego CA @ SDSU Open Air Theater %
07/23/13 Tue - Los Angeles CA @ Greek Theater %
07/24/13 Wed - Los Angeles CA @ Greek Theater ^
07/26/13 Fri - Berkeley CA @ Greek Theater (SOLD OUT) %
07/27/13 Sat - Berkeley CA @ Greek Theater
07/30/13 Tues - Kansas City MO @ Midland Theater #
07/31/13 Wed - Kansas City MO @ Midland Theater (SOLD OUT) #
08/02/13 Fri - St. Paul MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium #

08/03/13 Sat - Chicago IL @ Lollapalooza

+ Ra Ra Riot supports

# Mates Of State support

% Big Freedia supports

^ Divine Fits support



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