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Like Robert Johnson’s fabled encounter with the Devil, The Postmarks stood at their own crossroads. They realized they needed to up the ante when discussions of the next record arose at a dingy bar on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. After the release of their debut in 2007, their love for cinematic themes and classic pop needed to be more than that… it needed to be realized on a grand scale in a way that still said: “The Postmarks were here,” scrawled across a studio wall. Bands were thrown around, movies remembered, the gods on Mt. Filmscore consulted, and at The Postmarks’ feet lay the remains of an epic battle to decide the ultimate question: “What do we do for the second record?”
“I think we made a decision at that point that we wanted to go into darker territories the first album only hinted at,” Jonathan Wilkins says of the experience. The decision led to all three Postmarks lending ideas to a concept that had already begun to coalesce, a concept they called Memoirs at the End of the World.
“Something about that bar really appealed to us and influenced this record. Coming from South Florida where everything is perfect and glossy, we gravitated toward the weathered aspect of New York City,” lead singer/songwriter Tim Yehezkely adds. “I tend to find beauty in things that are dirty and worn down.” Yehezkely, we should point out, is a gal with a boy’s name; a beautiful, yet inscrutable individual possessed of a soft-textured voice that’s simultaneously seductive and detached. When Tim Yehezkely sings, clocks stop, people listen, and ice cream refuses to melt.
Like Robert Johnson’s fabled encounter with the Devil, The Postmarks stood at their own crossroads. They realized they needed to up the ante when discussions of the next record arose at a dingy bar on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. After the release of their debut in 2007, their love for cinematic themes and classic pop needed to be more than that… it needed to be realized on a grand scale in a way that still said: “The Postmarks were here,” scrawled across a studio wall. Bands were thrown around, movies remembered, the gods on Mt. Filmscore consulted, and at The Postmarks’ feet lay the remains of an epic battle to decide the ultimate question: “What do we do for the second record?”
“I think we made a decision at that point that we wanted to go into darker territories the first album only hinted at,” Jonathan Wilkins says of the experience. The decision led to all three Postmarks lending ideas to a concept that had already begun to coalesce, a concept they called Memoirs at the End of the World.
“Something about that bar really appealed to us and influenced this record. Coming from South Florida where everything is perfect and glossy, we gravitated toward the weathered aspect of New York City,” lead singer/songwriter Tim Yehezkely adds. “I tend to find beauty in things that are dirty and worn down.” Yehezkely, we should point out, is a gal with a boy’s name; a beautiful, yet inscrutable individual possessed of a soft-textured voice that’s simultaneously seductive and detached. When Tim Yehezkely sings, clocks stop, people listen, and ice cream refuses to melt.
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Winter Spring Summer Fall
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Looks Like Rain
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Let Go
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Leaves
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Watercolors
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You Drift Away
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You Only Live Twice
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Shoutbox
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eleventhtwelfth wrote:
I loved that song about balloons they performed on Yo Gabba Gabba.
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Baeblemusic1 wrote:
Check out this excellent video of The Postmarks at the Highline Ballroom http://www.baeblemusic.com/concertvideo/TheHighlineBallroom/ThePostmarks.html.
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sacrebleuwine wrote:
Profile of The Postmarks and interview with songer/songwriter Tim Yehezkely. http://sacrebleuwine.com/2009/09/15/the-postmarks-deliver-memoirs-at-the-end-of-the-world/
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aartim wrote:
Love the new album - just enough new elements while staying true to the original sound, it's a treat!
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lucrativeangst wrote:
Purchase online/in-store from newburycomics.com and get an autographed CD booklet!
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lucrativeangst wrote:
Listen to the new record here! http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/14
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mitchel2410 wrote:
i was at the wellington mall in macys and heard the goodbye song !!! love you TIM
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stytzer wrote:
Download My Lucky Charm http://stytzer.blogspot.com/2009/08/posting-for-sake-of-posting.html
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cappy31 wrote:
the album is killer and playing on the www.creamyradio.com
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ty82 wrote:
Clark, like, OMG!!! I think the live singing sounds just fine!
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clark_ wrote:
Oh my god, what happened to Tim? http://www.baeblemusic.com/concertvideo/TheHighlineBallroom/ThePostmarks.html New haircut, awful live singing!
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fridaysongs wrote:
[heart] new album
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uiaccsk wrote:
Memoirs at the End of the World has got to be one of my top 3 of the year so far. Great album. FidelityCastro.com
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xmothlightx wrote:
I love the New York Post review, it's so true!
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lucrativeangst wrote:
TWTR - @thepostmarks
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dollygay wrote:
waka waka!
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lucrativeangst wrote:
Check the MySpace page for new tour dates!
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Zezephant wrote:
Hooray for Postmarks. I managed to get a photo with Tim on her Valentines Day concert. :)
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BAD_WeatheR_FAN wrote:
Please vote for new photo http://www.lastfm.ru/music/The+Postmarks/+images/25158545
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deambrajohn8724 wrote:
I love watercolors! so beatiful and heartbreaking
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HUGE NEWS - EUROPEAN DATES ADDED
15 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/thepostmarks
That's right...we'll be headed to Europe in November for a tour with BELL X1. Words cannot explain how excited we are. Check our MYSPACE page for all the updated tour dates.Europe...here we come... …
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