Who: Postdata (Paul Murphy from Wintersleep and his brother Michael).
What: A couple years ago, brothers Paul and Michael Murphy shared scotch and started writing songs at their parents house in Yarmouth, N.S. They were penning tunes for their mom about people in their family; all captured through the mic of a laptop. 12 ideas were born, most of which got reworked eight months later in Halifax with proper mics, click tracks: minus the booze. The result is Postdata, the name for the duo and the debut Vinyl on Hand Drawn Dracula Jan. 26th, 2010.
"Postdata is an album of beautiful, sparse, visceral songs by Paul Murphy, the singer and co-songwriter of Wintersleep. He decided to record an album under the Postdata moniker when it became apparent that he'd written a series of songs which all came from the same place, with a similar sentiment and a strong connection to his home and family. Recalling Low, Nick Drake, Smog, Bon Iver.. it seemed to make sense to begin recording these songs with his brother Michael at their family home in Nova Scotia, Canada
Paul Murphy: Mike and I both had a little too much time on our hands that particular Christmas break. Some Scotch too. We decided to get together and over the course of a few weeks, map out and record everything and anything I could remember from months of half formed dreams and thoughts and melodies." (subba-cultcha.com)
