STEPHEN BECKER: guitar & vocals. LARRY O. DEAN: guitar & vocals. JEFF GREAVES: drums & vocals. JOHN JONES: drums. BEN E. MILLER: bass. JERRY MORROW: bass & vocals. JACKIE SCHIMMEL: bass.
Influences
The dB's, Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, The Posies, The Records, Teenage Fanclub, The Plimsouls, The Nerves, Tommy Keene
Is any phrase more maligned or misunderstood than pop music? Alt-rock noisemakers cop to it yet can barely cobble together a melody. So-called purists often succumb to the lure of kitsch in attempting to conjure it. And power pop disciples are just too bubblegum for their own damn good.
Chicago quartet Post Office might best be described as neo-traditionalist. With admiration for the underrated American iconic pop of Dwight Twilley, Big Star, Tommy Keene and The Plimsouls, PO starts with dynamic songs and builds from there. The result is a resume chock full of hummable hooks and witty lyrics in should-be hit tunes.
Lauded for stripped-down acoustic performances as well as electric rave-ups, PO happily embraces the aesthetic of fellow songcentrics Teenage Fanclub, Semisonic, The dBs, Squeeze and The Kinks. Intelligence, humor, kickass guitars and a superb rhythm section combine to fathom an inimitable listening experience, both in concert and on recordings.
During its brief heyday, PO recorded two albums, Public Displays of Affection (1996, cited by renowned Chicago critic Jim DeRogatis as the "best local band in this genre since the Reverbs"), and Fables in Slang (2001). While the band produced its debut with engineer, Ed Tinley at Chicago's Kingsize Sound Labs, the latter was produced by Chris Stamey at Modern Recording in Chapel Hill, NC.
Hi there! We've got a new EP that we're especially proud of called Summer which is the second in our series of seasonal EPs this year. We'd love for you to listen to the EP online, and to do so, just click on the graphic below. If you like what you hear, we'd be very grateful if you'd support our efforts by buying the EP for €2.50 (around $3.20).
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Just stopping by to make sure you know about our Halloween party in the cavern Liverpool on October 31st. If your not close enough to make it, then Move!! If you are , have you got your tickets yet?
Hey! We’re coming all the way from Australia to play Japan, U.K Spain and The U.S. We’d love to see you at a show or two! Power Pop for fans of Weezer, Fountains of Wayne, Elvis Costello & Cheap Trick.
Melodic Hardcore, Emotional Hard-core and Punk Rock have gained a lot of popularity and are now largely accepted in Japan, so next should be Power pop!
Thanks for the add request! Welcome to the world of The Rock and Roll Report, Rock and Roll Report Radio and the brand-new upcoming Rock and Roll Report podcast.
The next Rock and Roll Report Radio is on October 8th, 2007 from 10:00 - 11:00 PM EST on www.ckut.ca.
Tune in and have a listen. Rock and Roll that will blow your woofers and make your tweeters wet!
Work on our new long-player, "Sleeping With The Experts", continues at a not-so-furious pace. The need to keep body & soul together seems to always come first. But we are more than halfway done and will be putting up a few tidbits very soon. Stay toasted!
What a great pedigree (Larry O. Dean) and these are some great tracks. Don't know how you all slipped by these ears, but thanks to your add request, now it's all better. Thanks kindly,
