Indie fans, brace yourselves…The Postal Service is reuniting this spring.

On Jan. 21, the band’s website was changed to only read “The Postal Service 2013,” hinting at the band’s reunion to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their debut, and only, album “Give Up.”

The indie/electronic-pop duo featuring Benjamin Gibbard, frontman of Death Cab for Cutie, and Jimmy Tamborello have planned to release a two-disc, deluxe reissue of “Give Up,” on April 9. In addition to the re-release of the 10-track album, the second disc will feature every official unreleased recording by the Postal Service, two new songs titled “A Tattered Line of String” and “Turn Around,” a live performance previously unreleased , remixes of their best-known songs and two Postal Service covers by the Shins and Iron and Wine.

The Postal Service started creating music in 2001 after Tamborello asked Gibbard to lay down vocals for a track he was producing.

“It seemed kind of effortless,” explains Tamborello, who had never met Gibbard prior to the recording of “Evan and Chan.” “He came down and sang it once and we were just really happy with it.”

With Tamborello in Los Angeles and Gibbard in Seattle, the two began creating music in an unusual way.

Laptop techno mastermind Tamborello would send Gibbard CD-Rs of electronic music for him to manipulate on his computer. Gibbard worked on melodies, lyrics, recording vocals and occasionally added guitar, drums and keyboard. He would then send his work back to Tamborello.

“It was really great to get a little package every month or two entitled ‘Two new songs!’” says Gibbard.

This constant exchange of CDs via the U.S. Postal Service is how they decided on the band name: The Postal Service.

“Give Up” (2003) features 10 dreamy-indie rock tracks. Some of their greatest hits and best-know songs include “Such Great Heights,” “The District Sleeps Along (Tonight)” and “Nothing Better,” featuring guest vocalist Jen Wood. The album became a major hit shortly after being released, and The Postal Service landed a massive fan base.

Sub Pop, the band’s record label, reported that “Give Up” became their second highest-selling album next to Nirvana’s “Bleach.”

As for their reunion, The Postal Service is also going on tour to further promote the re-release of their album. They will make appearances at the California music festival Coachella in April, Manchester and London in May, Sasquatch Music Festival in Canada and Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival.

The 2xCD and 3xLP are available for pre-order now. Both the vinyls and CD are remastered with 15 bonus tracks and the band’s two new songs, which can be heard on their website or YouTube. Every pre-order will receive a limited edition Postal Service postcard set featuring artwork for the album.

For more information and updates be sure to check out the band’s website:

www.postalservicemusic.net