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Album Reviews
Album Review: The Postmarks – Memoirs At The End Of The World (Unfiltered Records)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 29 January 2010
February marks the return of The Postmarks with their third album in three years, ‘Memoirs At The End Of The World’. Hailing from the Sunshine State that is Florida, from the outset there’s a sense that the trio might have written these tracks while driving down a sun-soaked freeway (in a convertible of some sort), sunglasses on, with the cool American wind blowing cinematic inspiration through their musical minds.
I’m guessing the end of the world will be quite a dramatic event, which possibly explains the heightened horns, strong, abrupt, orchestral strings and triumphant timpani on this album. Like something from a James Bond sondtrack, tracks such as ‘Thorn In My Side’ and I’m In Deep’ possess the sort of ‘suspense motif’ which Bond composer David Arnold likes to play with.
In contrast, however, lead vocalist Tim Yehezkely eases her (she’s a lady) way through the album. Her voice isn’t powerful and if you’re waiting for her to hit that high note, you’ll be waiting a while. She simply glides through with comfort, like an effortless choral dream, giving the album its balance – the whole think would have been rather overpowering if Tim had decided to pop some Leona Lewis style vocals over the top.
It’s understandable why these guys’ current single ‘No One Said This Would Be Easy’ is on NME Radio’s a-list. With electo/synthpop being so dominant of late, for those looking for something that’s just a good piece of solid indie pop, then ‘Memoirs At The End Of The World’ is a welcome breath of fresh air. SD
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