Postcards is a Lebanese dream pop/indie rock band formed in early 2013. They have released three EPs, Lakehouse (2013), What Lies So Still (2015), and Here Before (2017). Their first full-length record, I'll be here in the morning, was released on the 26th of January 2018, via Ruptured Records and T3 Records.^[1]

History

Postcards was formed in the summer of 2012 in Lebanon when cousins Marwan Tohme and Pascal Semerdjian met Julia Sabra through mutual friends while on a camping trip.^[2] They were joined by Rany on the bass a few months later.^[3] The band started off by playing the pub circuit across Beirut, performing a varied repertoire of both English and American folk-rock music, gradually building a loyal fan base while writing the songs that would become their first EP Lakehouse released in the fall of 2013, which was described by one reviewer as "down-to-earth, gentle, yet packed with energy".^[4]

The band started working on their second EP in late 2014 in Beirut with producer Fadi Tabbal from Tunefork Studios,^[5] and ‘What Lies So Still’ was released in early summer 2015 to excellent reviews. On this EP, there is a clear departure from the basic 'rootsy' foundation of their earlier songs, and the band investigates new territory, both structurally and sonically. In the words of Adam Grundey from Triplew.me,^[6] the 6 songs are "more complex, less conventional, and all the richer for it (...) The sound of a self-confident group of artists pushing themselves to articulate, musically and lyrically, what they’re feeling, What Lies So Still is a gorgeous set of songs that feel utterly genuine and built-to-last.”

Here Before EP was released in the spring of 2017 in limited quantities around Germany, Austria and Switzerland, via T3 Records (Berlin).

Postcards released their first full-length album I'll be here in the morning on January 26, 2018 via Ruptured (LB), T3 Records (GAS), and Cargo Records (UK) teaming up once again with producer Fadi Tabbal.^[7] The constant oscillation between the opposite states of mind that the band deals with in their country runs deep within the album; the lyrics reveal a young woman caught between hope and disillusionment and the music complements those contradicting feelings with instrumentation that nods to dream pop, noise rock, shoegaze and jangle pop.^[8]

Postcards have played shows all across Lebanon, toured Jordan, Dubai, the UK, France, Portugal, Italy and recently in Berlin - Germany. They also opened for Beirut and Angus and Julia Stone, and performed at festivals in Lebanon and abroad (Wilderness Festival.,^[9] Byblos International Festival, Wickerpark Festival).

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