Bagagem de Postcards: 5 livros, 6 discos, 5 filmes/séries

Paisagens envolventes e oníricas dominam The Good Soldier, o álbum mais recente de Postcards, uma banda nascida em Beirute no Líbano. A voz intimista e suave de Julia Sabra imiscui-se em melodias melancólicas com constantes arremessos épicos e intensos. 

A banda não se limita a fazer um shoegaze simples, havendo influências por vezes subtis, por vezes fortes de outros géneros como ambiente pop, folk, slowcore e até surf rock. As guitarras são delicadas, mas dedicadas em criar um clima que se torna incandescente e que alterna entre momentos cristalinos e calmos e outros mais potentes e arrebatadores. 

Perguntámos aos Postcards as suas referências para 5 livros, 6 discos, 5 filmes/séries e eis as respostas:

Livros:
- Sitt Marie Rose, Etel Adnan  
- The White Album, Joan Didion 
- Underworld, Don Delilo 
- Chronicle of a death foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Diving Pool, Yoko Ogawa 

Discos:
- Tender Buttons, Broadcast
- Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens
- You & Me, The Walkmen
- Lookaftering, Vashti Bunyan
- Painful, Yo La Tengo
- Kid A, Radiohead

Filmes/séries:
- Twin Peaks, David Lynch
- BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg
- Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki
- Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson
- Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick

- TRANSLATION - 

Dreamy and lush landscapes are masterfully built in The Good Soldier, the latest album by Postcards, a band from Beirut in Lebanon. The smooth and intimate voice of Julia Sabra blends with the melancholic melodies that are sometimes assailed by intense and epic passages. 

The band does not limit itself to shoegaze and there are sometimes subtle and sometimes strong influences from other genres such as ambient pop, folk, slowcore and even surf rock. The guitars are delicate but dedicated in creating a mood that becomes incandescent and that alternates between crystalline and calm moments and others that are way more powerful and ravishing. 

We asked Postcards their references for 5 books, 6 records, 5 films/TV shows and here are the answers:

Books:
- Sitt Marie Rose, Etel Adnan
- The White Album, Joan Didion
- Underworld, Don Delilo
- Chronicle of a death foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Diving Pool, Yoko Ogawa

Records:
- Tender Buttons, Broadcast
- Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens
- You & Me, The Walkmen
- Lookaftering, Vashti Bunyan
- Painful, Yo La Tengo
- Kid A, Radiohead

Films/TV Shows:
- Twin Peaks, David Lynch
- BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg
- Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki
- Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson
- Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick

Texto | Text: Cláudia Zafre

Escolhas | Choices: Postcards (Julia Sabra, Pascal Semerdjian, Marwan Tohme)

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