Of Love & Other Affections LP

by Postal Blue

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Jonathan Shipley Just so much great stuff on this LP; have had a bunch of melodies stuck in my head all week and can't stop listening to I Always Knew. Great stuff! Favorite track: I Always Knew.

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1.	Bitterness is Sweet 03:16	lyrics	buy track
We've all seen better times The present pales compared to the past The good old days when you were younger And had too much time to while away Now everything is the same But only you are to blame if nothing good ever happens to you Don't waste all your time with regret This is what you will get Nothing good ever happens to you I wish I could write with love But if I could I'd be another man What a waste your youth turned out to be Well life's a drag when you're a bitter jerk Now everything is the same But only you are to blame if nothing good ever happens to you Don't waste all your time with regret This is what you will get Nothing good ever happens to you
2.	I Always Knew 04:06	lyrics	buy track
Another song about love Isn't it just what you need? A feather in your cap Or a blanket for your feet How sad it is to know your tender touch is gone To never feel this way again, to see you gone by dawn I love you more than ever are words you'll never hear Too weak to last forever your love just disappeared To say that I regret it is far from being true I'm sure you will forget me But then I always knew As each day goes by I look up to the sky And try to understand why is it I can't see That if everything's the same, how can you deny You're never gonna miss me as much as I miss you I love you more than ever are words you'll never hear Too weak to last forever your love just disappeared To say that I regret it is far from being true I'm sure you will forget me But then I always knew
3.	Still Blue 02:37	lyrics	buy track
When you fade away I won't have anything to say And life will keep on going just the same I keep talking to myself about things I don't even care And I wonder how could you survive this way One more time before you go It's all the same but I must know Slowly fading away I won't have anything to say About the things you've been doing alll this time One more time before you go It's all the same but I must know Every second feels so slow I just can't speak I wouldn't stand to live again this way Unless you're holding my hand standing by my side It's been years since you've been gone but I'm still blue
4.	Isn't it Funny 03:22	lyrics	buy track
I got a letter that says a lot of things I don't want to know Line after line I learn you're not the person you seemed to show Isn't it funny how things go? One moment you're sad and then you go It's pointless to linger on for sure Life can be easy when you know how to be happy I should have known it would be like this Now what am I going to do? Time after time I'd see you go Now I know it's not me it's you Isn't it funny how things go? One moment you're sad and then you go It's pointless to linger on for sure Life can be easy when you know how to be happy and you do Isn't it funny how things go? One moment you're sad and then you go It's pointless to linger on for sure Life can be easy when you know how to be happy and I don't
5.	Shape of Your Life 03:39	lyrics	buy track
It happened at a time when I just couldn't fight Treading on thin ice without a truce A lot of the dissent was caused by your being right But I just couldn't keep away from you When you're down to your last strength, struggling to stand What's the point in debating? You need your foot down Is it time to feel guilty about everything did Or is it time to confess? It's hard to be yourself when you can't speak your mind When eveyrthing you say will just cause pain Whenever there's a gruesome urge to blurt it out I have to refrain myself again When you're down to your last strength, struggling to stand What's the point in debating? You need your foot down Is it time to feel guilty about everything did Or is it time to confess?
6.	On and On 04:28	lyrics	buy track
As I turn the pages of you diary I begin to realize you never really meant to be with me at all I wasn't the man of your dreams I was someone who just captivated you and made you learn to love me Did you have to write so many things About the way you thought of me As someone you couldn't stand Did you have to go to such a length To make it very clear I wasn't truly made for you You went on and on and on Things that I never heard you say You tore some pages so I couldn't read What you had written about me In the time you started to fall deep in love with me I just became someone new in your eyes You had to realize that you could never live without me But did you have to write about the time I met you in the bus and was too scared to meet your gaze? Did you have to be so beautiful, the eyes so lively, I just couldn't help myself again You went on and on and on Things that I never heard you say
7.	Does It Really Matter 03:52	info	buy track
8.	If You're So Different 02:58	lyrics	buy track
It hurts to see your smile It aches to see everything going your way You love to see me cry You're glad just to see my dismay Why'd you have to go? You made the sky grey and the sun disappear How am I supposed to live? The pain in my heart will go on as long as you're not here If you're so different now How come you still gloat when you see me fail You love to see me cringe You're happy when I'm in distress Why'd you have to go? You made the sky grey and the sun disappear How am I supposed to live? The pain in my heart will go on as long as you're not here
9.	One Day 02:55	lyrics	buy track
One day you showed me your room And many things you never meant to share One day you gave me your love Of many things you promised not to give So sad to never know what could have been It's like we never knew life could be any good One day I'll take you away And do all the things I promised not to do One day you gave me your love And all the things you promised not to give So sad to never know what could have been It's like we never knew life could be any good
10.	The Last Goodbye 03:31	lyrics	buy track
Call your place but there's no one there You've just disappeared The words you used still ring loud and clear You said "to me you're dead" This is the last time you see me cry There's but one last thing I'd like to try Deep in my heart there's no regret Except for everything I have done Now everytime I see you smile I die a little bit inside I see your face everywhere I go Is it just a dream? The sight of you just makes me feel blue As blue as I've ever been This is the last time you see me cry There's but one last thing I'd like to try Deep in my heart there's no regret Except for everything I have done Now everytime I see you cry I die a little bit inside

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released November 17, 2015

This is the second album from Brazil's Postal Blue, who have been around (though not very actively) for nearly 18 years now, with previous releases on Drive-In, Shelflife and Cloudberry Records. One listen and anyone could easily be convinced that this was a lost Sarah Records release, with its songs echoing the Orchids and Field Mice (in both their exuberant AND melancholic moments) at some times, a less fragile Blueboy at others, and even Secret Shine at their dreamiest in a few spots. The production is crystal clear and shimmers brightly throughout the entire 35 minutes of this album, making it easy to see how it took so long to complete (you just can't rush perfection!). Overall, this is a very beautiful batch of songs that will make you wistful for the indiepop days of old and elated that the torch is still being carried on...

All songs written and recorded by Adriano do Couto.

Mastered by Phil Reynolds.

Artwork design by Thomas Guilcher.

Special guests: Saundrah Humphrey on viola, Shelley Jane and Marc Elston on backing vocals.

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