Thursday, October 26, 2006


THE POSTMARKS "The Remixes EP"

Back in the '03, Little Elpees had a label that released the best unheard record of that year. A little band from Miami full of sadness and sunshine called See Venus. They came to CMJ that previous autumn, armed with vibraphones, tambourines, and sassy melodies and pretty much left everyone in the audience in awe. Even Harvey Williams. The record was the orchestrated and bouncy Hard Times For Dreamers, a title that Chris Moll (the Brian Wilson of the group) came up with during a blizzard, snowed in at my Saint George apartment, watching Amelie. OK, I'll take some credit.

Anyway, See Venus broke my heart because what they possessed in absolute beauty and talent, they lacked in keeping it all together. No tour, stillborn album, the end. But not the end! Chris Moll is back on Andy from Ivy's Unfiltered label with his lovely trio, the Postmarks. Their debut full length is in the can, but they'll be releasing some little ditties here and there, plus a remixes EP with re-spins from Tahiti 80, James Iha, and more.

Here's one in time for the upcoming evil weekend. I'm building a haunted house in the basement and using this as the entrance music. Boo!

(EVERYDAY IS) HALLOWEEN

6 comments:

Listmaker said...

when are they playing union hall?

Jack said...

Oooh, I should've mentioned, they are playing Mo Pitkin's on November 2 during CMJ. NOT Union Hall. Sigh.

Anonymous said...

Where's the love?

humppazoid said...

Hello!
May I ask You to upload THE GO-BETWEENS "16 Lovers Lane" MP3 192 kbps at rapid share, please? In exchange I have some good music in my blog - and You're welcome to download as much as You want - from Suomi polka and Japanese garage rock up to Django Style Jazz and academician avantgarde :)

Anonymous said...

Dude,

What's up with the blog?! Perhaps a 'best of 06' posting?

pkm

Anonymous said...

I LOVE the Postmarks tune. Any info on when their record will be released? Also, any chance of posting a track or two from Hard Times?? I'm thrilled to see it's available on Amazon.

On an unrelated note - just discovered your blog today. Fantastic stuff. Great writing and great selection of musical discoveries. Can't wait to keep exploring.