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Where the Wild Ones (single)

The 6th & final track off our 2nd EP 'what lies so still'.
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Reprise

The 5th track off our 2nd EP 'what lies so still'
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Traveling North

The 4th track off our EP 'what lies so still' 
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Porto

The 3rd track off our 2nd EP 'what lies so still'
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Walls

The 2nd track off our 2nd EP 'what lies so still'
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Where The Wild Ones

The 1st track off our 2nd EP 'what lies so still'
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Origami

While we’re recording our new album, we thought we’d release a little something ahead of time for you all to enjoy. 

Credits:
Written, performed and arranged by Postcards. Produced, recorded and mixed by Fadi Tabbal, Tunefork Studios (Beirut). Mastered by Lopazz Mixmastering (Berlin).

Photo: Cyrille Karam

Lyrics:
Lost, discolored photographs
Of strangers, fancy cocktails in their hands
Their cigarettes had no effect back then
 
Take the train down to the seaside
Feel your skin slowly roasting in the sun
Before the war turns everything to hell
 
Let’s go back to the golden ages
The treasured past where nothing changes
The idealised view of a simpler way of life
That never was and never will be ours
 
Smiling brides or swallowed pride(s)
Funny how the mind sees only what it wants to see
And everyone looks better off in black and white
They all seem better off in black and white
 
Oh let’s go back to the golden ages
The treasured past where nothing changes
The idealised view of a simpler way of life
Where we could feel more real
 
Lost discolored photographs
Funny how the city looked so much more inviting then
Sometimes I wonder if we’ll ever get it back
I wonder will we ever get it back

Black and White (Demo Version)

Track 9 off 'I'll be here in the morning'
Ruptured (LB), Cargo Records (UK), and T3 Records (GAS).

Song composed, arranged and performed by Postcards: Rany Bechara, Julia Sabra, Pascal Semerdjian and Marwan Tohme. Words by Julia Sabra. 
Mixed, recorded and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Lebanon. Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering, Germany.
Produced by Postcards and Fadi Tabbal.

Lyrics:
One, one more, one more from the top
Wake up, wake up to this sad dream
Watch as, watch as things slip through the world unsupervised
I don’t, I don’t know, anything at all

Wish I, wish I could, disappear into this song
Once I, once I thought, I would change it all

Wide Awake

Track 8 off 'I'll be here in the morning'
Ruptured (LB), Cargo Records (UK), and T3 Records (GAS).

Song composed, arranged and performed by Postcards: Rany Bechara, Julia Sabra, Pascal Semerdjian and Marwan Tohme. Words by Julia Sabra. 
Mixed, recorded and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Lebanon. Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering, Germany.
Produced by Postcards and Fadi Tabbal.

Lyrics:
Lost between the signs
(Happens all the time)
Driving in the night 
(Flickering lights)

I tore the curtains down
I sunk into the ground
I swam the ocean wide
I drank it up I spat it out

Hoping for the worst to happen, (send it crashing down)
For clouds to burst, the sun to blacken, tear me up inside, wear me down and hang me out to dry

Lay down all your weapons love
there’s no battle raging
what good would revolvers do
when everybody’s changing
the city streets are getting small
and we’re just getting older
i’m tired of putting up a fight
i’d rather leave it all behind

(It’s all over now)

Revolvers

Track 7 off 'I'll be here in the morning'
Ruptured (LB), Cargo Records (UK), and T3 Records (GAS).

Song composed, arranged and performed by Postcards: Rany Bechara, Julia Sabra, Pascal Semerdjian and Marwan Tohme. Words by Julia Sabra. 
Mixed, recorded and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Lebanon. Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering, Germany.
Produced by Postcards and Fadi Tabbal.

Lyrics:
Every Sunday night’s the same
The day we can’t shake off
And as we hoped for some exciting change
We heard the loudest bomb
 
I tried to call as soon as I found out
But all the lines were jammed
And so I thought it best to go back to
Making my dinner plans 
 
There could be, flying saucers in the sky
A thousand planes ahead
As long as they don’t feel too close we can
Pretend that they’re not there
 
We are good people
We could really care
With time, this feeling’s turned
Into a deep despair
Every Sunday night’s the same
So we say our prayers
 
There could be, flying saucers in the sky
A thousand planes ahead
A raging fire burning everything
Everyone in their bed
And for a minute we would stop and weep
Think of the world in shreds
But soon enough these thoughts dissolve back to
A simple itch instead
 
Every Sunday night’s the same

Flying Saucers

Track 6 off 'I'll be here in the morning'
Ruptured (LB), Cargo Records (UK), and T3 Records (GAS).


Song composed, arranged and performed by Postcards: Rany Bechara, Julia Sabra, Pascal Semerdjian and Marwan Tohme. Words by Julia Sabra. 
Mixed, recorded and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Lebanon. Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering, Germany.
Produced by Postcards and Fadi Tabbal.

Lyrics:
A line on the water, thread of silvery beams 
Below, watch it crumble, rippling through the open sea

I wait for the morning, golden glimmer of day
I wait for the falling of the waters once again
For the waters once again
 
The blue of the ocean could not ever fool me
Beyond the stillness there’s a darkness we can’t see

Summer has come and gone too quickly for my taste
How I wish that the sun could feel like more than just a blaze

The light on the tower has been fading through the years 
A once shining beacon, then a flicker, now a dream
Even it will disappear

A line on the water, would you ever believe
They say nothing fits our bodies better than the sea
Nothing better than the sea

Waves

Track 5 off 'I'll be here in the morning'
Ruptured (LB), Cargo Records (UK), and T3 Records (GAS).

Song composed, arranged and performed by Postcards: Rany Bechara, Julia Sabra, Pascal Semerdjian and Marwan Tohme. Words by Julia Sabra. 
Mixed, recorded and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Lebanon. Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering, Germany.
Produced by Postcards and Fadi Tabbal.

Lyrics:
I don’t know if I really do believe
that my love will remain through all the years

In my dreams you’re standing there, beside me, where the light’s always on 
Gathered wood and dust, faces on the walls, looking back at us
After it all

Gone the days, no more nights
Warm and settled in your arms 
We’re floating with the end of sight

And when it’s dark
I’ll sing you the song, that I can’t remember the words to.
All those years ago

Wrinkles

Track 4 off 'I'll be here in the morning'
Ruptured (LB), Cargo Records (UK), and T3 Records (GAS).

Song composed, arranged and performed by Postcards: Rany Bechara, Julia Sabra, Pascal Semerdjian and Marwan Tohme. Words by Julia Sabra. 
Mixed, recorded and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Lebanon. Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering, Germany.
Produced by Postcards and Fadi Tabbal.

Lyrics:
From the outside looking in
The engine’s breaking, your records on the floor

In the morning once again
The neighbors called, your brother stood tall, he never did understand

How the shadows hide
In plain sight, under their eyes, in the back of smiles

From the outside looking in 
The engine’s breaking, your records on the floor

Oh honey how could I have ever known
Every moment is another battle lost
Most days it’s all you’ve got
Your thoughts in circles
Am I the only one?
When all the lights are gone
Am I the only one?

If I ask you will you tell
How many times you have hoped for death?

A Broken Record

Track 2 off our upcoming album 'I'll be here in the morning', out January 26th via Ruptured (LB), Cargo Records (UK), and T3 Records (GAS).

Song composed, arranged and performed by Postcards: Rany Bechara, Julia Sabra, Pascal Semerdjian and Marwan Tohme. Words by Julia Sabra. 
Mixed, recorded and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Lebanon. Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering, Germany.
Produced by Postcards and Fadi Tabbal.

Lyrics:

White chalk melting into the ground where we stood, and felt the dust turn in our eyes
The sun strips this city bare, stars pale here, and there’s the tallest building in the world


We’re just passing through this place, all our punches go to waste
Watch the hours go down the drain
Twenty floors we’re up in space, the speeding cars keep me awake
but they don’t seem to trouble you

Bolt down the doors
Close the shutters hold me close
All the bright lights left me cold

As the night turns into day, everything falls into place, yet I dream of nothing new
Looking out it’s all the same, cities hung on swinging cranes, I watch them float away

Bolt down the doors, 
Close the shutters hold me close
All the bright lights left me cold

I'll be here in the morning

Bright Lights

Track 1 off 'I'll be here in the morning'
Ruptured (LB), Cargo Records (UK), and T3 Records (GAS).

Song composed, arranged and performed by Postcards: Rany Bechara, Julia Sabra, Pascal Semerdjian and Marwan Tohme. Words by Julia Sabra. 
Mixed, recorded and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Lebanon. Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering, Germany.
Produced by Postcards and Fadi Tabbal.

Lyrics:
And once again I find myself out on the waters
I am the sun I am the captain and the ship

And once again I find myself out in the waters
I am a thousand fish I feed on every shore

Once again I find I can’t break the line
Once again I find I am frozen

Open Waters

Acoustic versions of 'Wrinkles' and 'Flying Saucers' from our album 'I'll be here in the morning' played live on Ruptured with Ziad Nawfal on January 26th, 2018.
Sound recording & mixing: Fadi Tabbal
Special thanks to Ziad Nawfal and Radio Liban.

Full interview: https://rupturedonline.com/2018/02/02/postcards-interview-live-performance-on-ruptures-26-january-2018/

Julia: Guitar and Vocals
Marwan: Guitar and Back Vocals
Pascal: Volca Bass and Back Vocals
Rany: In our hearts and minds

Wrinkles & Flying Saucers Live on Radio Liban (Ruptures with Ziad Nawfal)

Last August we did a few radio interviews while touring in Germany. When they asked for live songs, we decided to have Julia perform them solo, on acoustic or electric guitar. We hope you enjoy these stripped-down versions!

Little Lies (02.08.18 / Halle / MDR Kultur Radio)

Flying Saucers (08.08.18 / Bielefeld / University Radio)

Wrinkles (02.08.18 / Halle / MDR Kultur Radio)

Before We Sleep (06.08.18 / Berlin / Deustchlandfunk Culture Radio)

Bright Lights (02.08.18 / Halle / MDR Kultur Radio)

www.postcardsmusic.com
Postcards is a shoegaze/grunge trio from Beirut, Lebanon consisting of lyricist, singer and guitarist Julia Sabra, drummer Pascal Semerdjian, and guitarist/bassist Marwan Tohme. The trio has been working together for over a decade and are Lebanon’s longest-lasting alternative musical group since they formed in 2012.

With four concept albums under their belt, Postcards has produced a diverse catalog ranging from their signature dream pop and shoegaze to post-punk and noise. Their highly-anticipated fifth album, “Ripe” will be out on March 28th, 2025, in a co-release by Lebanese label Ruptured Records and Berlin-based t3 records. A record born out of anger, grief, and uncertainty, “Ripe” showcases the band at their most ferocious, most vulnerable and most assured. As the world around them crumbles, the trio transmute their rage into something transcendental.

In over a decade of making music, Postcards has worked through periods of social strife and political violence in Lebanon, which Sabra has approached through themes of alienation, melancholy, and resistance. Working closely with their longtime collaborator Lebanese producer and musician Fadi Tabbal, they managed to reflect life in Beirut for their post-war generation, through textured soundscapes and raw intensity in their music, helmed by Sabra’s poignant words and graceful voice.

Postcards are firmly rooted in their native Lebanon, as all three members of the band are active in Beirut’s vibrant music scene, and were active members of various local projects throughout the years, most recently post-folk outfit Sanam and ambient/industrial duo Snakeskin.

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