The Postmarks' Tim Yehezkely has the kind of breathy, sweet vocal style associated with French singers of the '60s or Brazilian ossa nova girls of the same era. She's the focal point of the band's excellent debut record as she drifts like a cotton candy cloud through sophisticated chamber pop backdrops like Astrud Gilberto's mopey little sister. The 11 songs on display here sound lifted from the Bacharach songbook, as they're filled with vibraphones, shimmering strings, gently plucked guitars, and meticulously arranged and produced for full emotional impact. The emotion in question is sadness -- sweet, gentle, crushing sadness. An enveloping haze of melancholy hovers over the proceedings, making it perfect for late-night listening parties for one. Every song wraps it tender arms around you in a warm nocturnal embrace; indeed, only "Goodbye," with its parping horns and jaunty beat (which almost camouflage the song's dark heart), and the gently rocking handclapper "Weather the Weather" are fit to listen to in the daylight hours. Listening to a track like the beautifully despairing "You Drift Away" or "Know Which Way the Wind Blows" while the sun is shining would surely send you scurrying inside to draw the blinds and commence weeping. You need records like The Postmarks in your collection. It's absolutely perfect company for the times when you need to shut yourself away from the world, pull the covers over your head, and try to believe in beauty again.
So last Saturday I went to New World Brewery to FINALLY check out The Postmarks... if you read any kind of music mags you had to have heard about them by now. If not, you suck :)Anyway, Florida severly lacks in the indie music swing of things and this band is out of Miami so I was stoked to finally get to see a band that is blowing up and from my native craptastic state. Needless to say, they w...
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Here is a little treat from the Postmarks just in time for Valentines Day. They are an up and coming little pop band that composes breezy little diddies that take off and soar so far away yet stay so close to your heart, sound so warm and near yet so cold and distant at the same time. Perfect for listening on a sunny bright day, or in my case walking in the cold rain as I did a week or so ago. ...
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This is EXACTLY one of those moments where I wish I could write a descriptive and passionate review expressing how deeply and excited I feel about this album. I'd want my words to touch you and make you want to love the album too! The songs are very melodic and fluid, if that makes sense. You might even find you have to be in a 'special mood' to listen to it. Then again, you might not. Anyw...
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So last Saturday I went to New World Brewery to FINALLY check out The Postmarks... if you read any kind of music mags you had to have heard about them by now. If not, you suck :)Anyway, Florida severly lacks in the indie music swing of things and this band is out of Miami so I was stoked to finally get to see a band that is blowing up and from my native craptastic state. Needless to say, they w...
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Love, love, love this band! Am going to try to upload a few songs I snagged from myspace.com. In the meantime, here are the online reviews about this new Indie/Pop/Classical band from Miami, Florida!swoons and rotates with the seasons...gorgeous...the postmarks self-titled debut may prove to be one of 2007's most sublime indie pop albums."- pitchfork media"an amazing debut album filled with b...
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Here is a little treat from the Postmarks just in time for Valentines Day. They are an up and coming little pop band that composes breezy little diddies that take off and soar so far away yet stay so close to your heart, sound so warm and near yet so cold and distant at the same time. Perfect for listening on a sunny bright day, or in my case walking in the cold rain as I did a week or so ago. ...
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yo folks check out this band! I lurrrve their animated videoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQhEFPs20JU
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