"To be loved like that makes all the difference. It does not lessen the terror of the fall, but it gives a new perspective on what that terror means. I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what I define as love. It is the one thing that can stop a man from falling, the one thing powerful enough to negate the laws of gravity." Paul Auster (Moon Palace)
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Sunday, February 15, 2026

The Postmarks - you only live twice cover, 2008

"You Only Live Twice" is the theme song to the 1967 James Bond film of the same name from its accompanying soundtrack album. It was written by Leslie Bricusse with music by veteran Bond film composer John Barry, and performed by Nancy Sinatra. It is widely recognised for its striking opening bars, featuring a simple 2-bar theme in the high octaves of the violins and lush harmonies from French horns (featuring a melody originally from Alexander Tcherepnin’s “First Piano Concerto (op. 12)"), and is considered by some among the best Bond film songs. Shortly after Barry's production, Sinatra's producer Lee Hazlewood released a more guitar-based single version."
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

The Postmarks - eleven fifty-nine cover, 2008

"synthesis of the Dixie Cups and the Electric Prunes"
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

The Postmarks - ox four cover, 2008

"Rock-style drums and shimmery guitar lines do show up to grace the Postmarks' takes on Ride's "OX4" and the Jesus and Mary Chain's "Nine Million Rainy Days", but both manage to convey the nuance within the group's style rather than deviating too much from it – if Air could soundtrack a Sofia Coppola film, why not these cats?"
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Friday, February 7, 2025

The Postmarks - seven eleven cover, 2008

"These guys really did their homework! Wonderful warm-sounding drums that could easily be mistaken of being recorded at Gold Star, piercing castanets and a dramatic string arrangement. It’s a textbook example of how a well-executed Wall of Sound can pump up an ordinary song into sheer beauty. Basically, what Phil Spector did all the time in the 1960s. Postmarks singer Tim Yehezkely is no Darlene Love but her understated, crystal pure vocal approach definitely has its charm. And on this song it adds an eerie, ice-cold feel to the tragic storyline played out in the lyrics. The Postmarks’ own songs are well worth checking out by the way. Their most recent album, ‘Memoirs at the End of the World’, is a fantastic and at times cinematic piece of work with more than a nod towards the Wall of Sound on several tracks. I’ll probably feature an example in a later blog post."
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Saturday, February 1, 2025

The Postmarks - run away love, 2009

"Innocence Mission, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, Autumn’s Grey Solace, The Postmarks... I think all of these groups are fairly well known in the indie/dream pop community, but don’t get enough love for how great they are."
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Friday, January 31, 2025

The Postmarks - all you ever wanted, 2009

"I don't even remember where I first heard the Postmarks. It was on some college radio station driving through somewhere, I would guess. I love the sound... Tim Yehezkely has this very, very quiet voice that just makes you think the tune is a dream floating in through the open window (and makes you fall in love, really)."
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

The Postmarks - go jetsetter, 2009

"If the Postmarks' delightful, weather-obsessed, self-titled 2007 debut didn't quite catch fire, blame the times. As bands of musicologist types fronted by fetching lady singers go, the Miami trio doesn't quite have the cosmopolitan chic of seductive NYC labelmates Ivy nor London's dance culture-conscious Saint Etienne."
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The Postmarks - no one said this would be easy, 2009

"the intrigue of a Spaghetti Western soundtrack"
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Monday, January 27, 2025

The Postmarks - let go, 2007

"The sad and sunny Floridian classic pop trio Postmarks join the ranks of and the Women And Children and the Fiery Furnaces, with this hazily sylvan clip, rays of light pouring through green leaves, chem major Tim Yehezkely occasionally mouthing her happy/sad lyrics."
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Monday, November 25, 2024

The Postmarks - three little birds cover, 2008

"Bob got inspired by a lot of things around him, he observed life. I remember the three little birds. They were pretty birds, canaries, who would come by the windowsill at Hope Road."
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Monday, October 28, 2024

The Postmarks - slaughter on tenth avenue cover, 2008

"The array of songs the group has chosen to cover is quite eclectic and far reaching. Aside from the above noted artists, they hash out new versions of tunes by championed artists like David Bowie, The Ramones, The Ventures, Blondie, and Jesus and Mary Chain. Not a small feat. Not small at all."
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