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October 12, 2009
Postmarks announced UK tour dates with BellX1
UK DATES WINTER 2009, SUPPORTING BELL X1
Thurs Nov 19 London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Fri Nov 20 Manchester, Club Academy
Sat Nov 21 Glasgow, Oran Mor
“Nods to Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, and Sunflower-era Brian Wilson… fans of The Sundays and The Cardigans will love it.”
The Guardian ‘New Band Of The Day’ on debut album The Postmarks
On 1st February 2010, Florida based trio, The Postmarks, release their second album, Memoirs at the End of the World, through Unfiltered Records. They precede the release with a UK Tour, starting November 19 in London, supporting Irish rockers Bell X1.
The Postmarks recorded Memoirs between August 2008 and February 2009 in their home recording studio, taking a collaborative approach to the process. The resulting 13-track album is a sublime marriage of cinematic melodies, sonic experimentation, classic soul harmonies and female vocalist Tim Yehezkely’s sultry, world-weary vocals. In short, it’s that rare beast, an album that oozes instant appeal as well as rewarding repeated listens.
Opener No One Said This Would Be Easy hurls us into the string-soaked drama of a Jean-Luc Godard movie, whilst the anthemic pop of All You Ever Wanted builds into a horn-drenched sing-a-long ending. For Better…Or Worse? is reflective and hopeful, packing the emotive punch of the best Bond themes, while Go Jetsetter, the first Yehezkely-penned single, is an unforgettable, tongue-in-cheek look at the pursuit of material pleasures: we’re in a Joseph Losey movie, speeding giddily down a country road, headscarves on, wind on our faces. The album’s closers are two songs that delve deeply into cinematic themes. The Girl From Algenib is Italian sci-fi running headlong into Earth Wind & Fire, and with Gone, images of French New Wave crossfade to a mournful symphony, bringing the record to a shattering close.
The concept for Memoirs at the End of the World was born in a dingy bar on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, with the band wanting to delve into the darker territories of their self-titled, first album. After the release of their debut in 2007, they realized that their itch for cinematic themes on a grand scale still needed to be scratched – without losing their identity. The result is a true leap forward: these 13 songs are soaked with the ambient textures of dub reggae, the horn arrangements of classic soul, and experimentation reminiscent of old-school electronica.
Christopher Moll concludes: "Most bands that I’ve loved have come into their own on their second album. They had something that hooked me initially, but I truly saw them blossom on their second release. The second record should make good on all the promises the first one made and I’m hoping people get that feeling with ours.”
The Potted History of The Postmarks
So, how did an Anglophile/Francophile indie band come to form in the rock cover-versions hub that is South Florida? Jonathan Wilkins had been based in San Francisco scoring music for independent films while Christopher Moll – born in the Bronx – had already established himself as a gifted composer, arranger and producer around Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. He also shared Wilkins’ passion for film music, and as Wilkins tells it, the pair’s friendship was sealed by a shared appreciation of the score for the 1973, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing-appointed gore-fest Horror Express, a flick they’d both seen as kids.
By 2004, Wilkins was periodically DJ-ing at Dada, a Palm Beach venue that sometimes had open-mic nights. One evening a girl with a boy’s name got up. It was Tim Yehezkely, of course, and when the enigmatic, Tel Aviv-born singer managed to silence, then enthrall, the normally rowdy crowd, Wilkins approached her afterward, and made sure Moll had a chance to see her. The Postmarks were soon born.
The trio recorded their beguiling debut album scored for strings, brass and woodwind, and found a home on Andy Chase’s Unfiltered Records in the Spring of 2007. The band soon headlined a national tour, played shows with Múm, The Apples in Stereo, The Album Leaf and The New Pornographers, took the stage at America’s prestigious Lollapalooza festival in 2007 and made a memorable appearance on Nickelodeon’s cult kid’s show Yo Gabba Gabba. A year later, they embarked on a recording project that culminated in a covers album entitled By the Numbers, which the band released in November of 2008.
Memoirs at the End of the World is out 1st February 2010, and the band start the UK leg of their European tour supporting Bell X1 at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on November 19:
September 30, 2009
Making of the Video for Postmarks Go Jetsetter
Gen Art spent the day with the Postmarks in New York City making the video for Go Jetsetter. Check out interview with lead singer Tim and behind the scenes of the video shoot:
http://www.genart.org/irockinspiration/insider/backstage-pass/the-postmarks-making-of-go-jetsetterSeptember 15, 2009
Brookville and the Postmarks hit the road together starting 9/29 in San Francisco!
BROOKVILLE AND THE POSTMARKS HIT THE ROAD FOR MONTH LONG CO-HEADLINE TOUR IN SUPPORT OF LATEST RELEASES
Broken Lights and Memoirs at The End of the World From Unfiltered Records/ILG Finds Synergy in the Studio and On Stage Collaborations
New York-based band Brookville and Unfiltered Records label mates The Postmarks announced today that they will co-headline a tour beginning September 29 at Hotel Utah in San Francisco. This is also the release date for Brookville’s latest release Broken Lights.
Brookville and The Postmarks, who recently released their sophomore CD/LP Memoirs at the End of the World are both signed to Unfiltered Records which is run by Brookville’s Andy Chase. Chase, who is also from the band Ivy, runs the six-year old Unfiltered under a new agreement with Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group (ILG) to distribute his label. The connections don’t end here either. Andy Chase mixed “Memoirs” and The Postmarks’ female lead singer Tim Yehezkely duets with Andy on Brookville’s “Break My Heart”. Expect to see the pair collaborating on stage on this tour as well.
09/29 @ Hotel Utah, San Francisco, CA
10/02 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
10/05 @ Hi Dive, Denver, CO
10/06 @ The B Side Lounge, Boulder CO
10/08 @ Emo’s Inside, Austin, TX
10/09 @ Mink, Houston, TX.
10/13 @ Double Door, Chicago, IL
10/15 @ Radio Radio, Indianapolis IN
10/16 @ Southgate House, Newport, KY
10/17 @ Rex Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
10/19 @ Middle East, Boston MA (The Postmarks only)
10/20 @ The North Star, Philadelphia PA
10/22 @ Canal Room, New York NY (CMJ – The Postmarks only)
10/24 @ The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY (The Postmarks only)
Additional tour dates to be added.
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July 23, 2009
BROOKVILLE’S THIRD FULL-LENGTH CD BROKEN LIGHTS OUT SEPTEMBER 29 ON ANDY CHASE’S UNFILTERED RECORDS VIA ILG
Ivy Founder and Producer To Hit The Road in July and August with Trashcan Sinatras
LOS ANGELES, CA – The New York-based band Brookville has confirmed the release of their third full-length release, Broken Lights this September 29 on Unfiltered Records/ILG. Unfiltered is the six-year old record label run by Brookville’s Andy Chase and is the second release under a new agreement with Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group (ILG) to distribute his label.
Brookville’s Andy Chase (founding member of the band Ivy) also announced that the band would head out on the road with Trashcan Sinatras with whom he has a long relationship, having produced their latest release. The tour begins on July 28 at the Casbah in San Diego and concludes on August 16 in Boston at T.T. the Bear’s. Additional dates include:
7/28 @ The Casbah, San Diego, CA
7/29 @ Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
7/30 @ Café du Nord, San Francisco, CA
7/31 @ Café du Nord, San Francisco, CA
8/2 @ Aladdin Theatre, Portland, OR
8/3 @ Triple Door, Seattle. WA
8/5 @ Club Vegas, Salt Lake City, UT
8/6 @ Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
8/8 @ Firebird, St. Louis, MO
8/9 @ Schuba’s, Chicago, IL
8/10 @ Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI
8/11 @ Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
8/13 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington DC
8/14 @ Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA
8/15 @ Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
8/16 @ T.T. the Bear’s, Boston, MA
Andy Chase wears many hats – label co-owner (Unfiltered), producer (Juliana Hatfield, Tahiti 80), film composer (The Farrelly Brothers Shallow Hal), recording studio owner (Stratosphere Sound with James Iha and Adam Schlesinger) and musician (Ivy, Paco). For Broken Lights, however, Chase for the first time handed over his producer hat to good friend Pedro Resende of the band Tahiti 80. The project took on an unexpected direction, with Resende coaxing the nuance out of Chase’s vocals giving Broken Lights much more of a singer-songwriter sensibility than earlier Brookville efforts. So different, in fact, that Chase considered releasing it under another band name. Eventually it became clear that Broken Lights is merely the next evolution in sound for Brookville.
The disc’s sometimes moody, often pensive and experimental quality, in both its lyrics and music, makes Broken Lights a more compelling direction for the band. Standout tracks are “Great Mistake” the almost-sunny plea of a lover who begs for freedom; the ethereal yet piercing “Dreaming On”, “Break My Heart,” which features Tim Yehezkely from The Postmarks and an evocative cover of The Go-Betweens guitarist Grant McLennan’s “Haunted House”.
ABOUT BROOKVILLE
Andy Chase released the album Wonderfully Nothing in 2003 as Brookville, and brought the project back for 2006’s Life in the Shade. While Chase is the driving engine of Brookville, past and current collaborators have included James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) Eric Matthews (Cardinal), Jean-Pierre Ensuque (Autour de Lucie), Jon Skibic (Gigolo Aunts), Danny Wienkauf (They Might Be Giants), producer-programmer Michael Hampton, and many others. Brookville has toured with Goldfrapp and Tahiti 80. Their latest release, Broken Lights will be released on September 29, 2009 on Chase’s own Unfiltered Record via ILG.
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For more information on Brookville, please contact Joshua Mills, It’s Alive! Media, 323-464-6314, josh@itsalivemedia.com, www.itsalivemedia.com