The Get Up Kids / Braid
"Post Marked Stamps No. 4" is a split EP between Kansas City, Missouri band The Get Up Kids and Chicago, Illinois group Braid. The album is the fourth in the "Post Marked Stamps" series, a set of nine split EPs between various bands put out by Tree Records in 1997. There were 2 different pressings of the album; One distributed in the United States, and another sold in Europe during the band's joint European tour. Each song was recorded separately, with "I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel" recorded at Red House Studios in Eudora, Kansas, and "Forever Got Shorter" recorded at Private Studios in Urbana, Illinois. The set included a sealed envelope that contained three postcards: one postcard for each song, including recording information and lyrics, and a third featuring poetry by Vigue Martin.
Additional releases
- The Get Up Kids re-released this version of "I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel" on their b-sides collection Eudora. They also re-recorded the song for their second full-length studio album Something to Write Home About.
- Braid re-released "Forever Got Shorter" on the Movie Music, Vol. 1 collection. The song is also included on their live album Lucky to Be Alive.
- Tree Records released the entire Post Marked Stamps series on CD in 1999.
Personnel
The Get Up Kids- Matt Pryor - Vocals, Guitar
- Jim Suptic - Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Rob Pope - Bass
- Ryan Pope - Drums
- Bob Nanna - Vocals, Guitar
- Todd Bell - Bass
- Chris Broach - Vocals, Guitar
- Roy Ewing - Drums