Memoirs At The End Of The World

The concept for The Postmarks second record, Memoirs at the End of the World, was born at a dingy bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side. They wanted to go into darker territories that the first album only hinted at. 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.

The Postmarks recorded Memoirs themselves between August of 2008 and February of 2009 in their home recording studios, taking a collaborative approach to the process. The resulting 13-track album combines the band's proclivity for gritty, atmospheric pop songs with enchanting melodies that draw significant inspiration from film soundtracks. Memoirs is a leap forward for The Postmarks, expressed with ambient textures from dub reggae, horn arrangements from classic soul, and elements of experimentation reminiscent of sounds heard at the birth of electronic music.