ARTIST: The Postmarks
TITLE: The Postmarks
LABEL: Unfiltered/World's Fair Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 198kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 39m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-02-06
RIP DATE: 2007-01-04
Track List
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1. Goodbye 3:30
2. Looks Like Rain 3:34
3. Summers Never Seem To Last 3:13
4. Winter Spring Summer Fall 3:36
5. Watercolors 4:05
6. Know Which Way The Wind Blows 4:59
7. Weather The Weather 2:24
8. Leaves 1:46
9. Let Go 4:07
10. You Drift Away 3:49
11. The End Of The Story 4:39
Release Notes:
For The Postmarks, stepping outside of their private, music making world is a
brand new experience. Describing the environment where their songs and
recordings have been carefully crafted as a "heartbreak factory", the band has
decided to open up the doors and allow the world in for the first time. It is an
act that reveals the journey the members took from the creative mire of
emptiness to the overflowing well of heartbreak. A journey that helped them
emerge at the forefront of the nouveau pop movement.
The Postmarks' approach focuses on classic song writing and features the
blissful vocals of chanteuse Tim Yehezkely, who drew the music from a production
of melancholy to the solace of a broken heart on the mend, where it discovered a
place of sunny amnesty. All these facets have come together to create a sound
that has been described as "a suburban bedroom symphony suffused with
post-teenage heartbreak and painstaking pointillism." by The New Times
Broward/Palm Beach.
In 2005 The Postmarks caught the ear of famed producer Andy Chase (Ivy, Tahiti
80, Brookville) who agreed to mix their full-length studio recording for release
on his own Unfiltered Records label. With their symphony finally making it out
of the bedroom, The Postmarks will introduce themselves to the world through
their self-titled debut album, an expression of pure pop longing fueled by a
driving rhythm section and lush strings, a trademark of The Postmarks'
songwriting and meticulous production. The first single Goodbye opens the record
with a firm farewell to the past and a welcome to the future. Each song is a
step toward an understanding of love's persistent call.
With nods to French pop and Brian Wilson's orchestral arrangements, The
Postmarks believe they can rekindle the love affair people once had for
beautiful music and well-crafted songs about the trials and tribulations of
life. Christopher Moll and Jonathan Wilkins combined their love of the elegant
and dreamy soundtracks of John Barry, the soothing and sophisticated sounds of
Burt Bacharach and the passionate and poetic nature of The Smiths. Molls career,
starting with his previous bands See Venus (March Records) and timewellspent
(Parasol) served him well, while the varied musical talents of Wilkins, a
longtime collaborator with Moll, gave a life and a sound to Christophers
personal compositions. Above this floats the softly sweet voice of Tim
Yehezkely, a conspiratorial whisper that winds through each song. Her early
experiments with tape recording and a love for the comforting hiss of lo-fi
adventures made The Postmarks an even more personal endeavor. This perfect
combination of innocence and purpose gives one the feeling that autumn is just
around the corner, as a new chapter is beginning in their lives.