"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.[1] 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.

Post Marked Stamps No. 4
EP (Split EP) by The Get Up Kids/Braid
Released	September 1997
Recorded	Red House Studios, Eudora Kansas Private Studios, Urbana Illinois
Genre	Emo, indie rock
Length	5:29
Label	Tree
Producer	Ed Rose, Brendan Gamble
The Get Up Kids chronology
Woodson (1997) Post Marked Stamps No. 4 (1997) Four Minute Mile (1997)
Braid chronology
Niagara (1996) Post Marked Stamps No. 4 (1997) First Day Back (1997)
Alternative cover
Alternative cover for the European version of the album

Track listing

Additional releases

• The Get Up Kids re-released this version of "I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel" on their B-Sides collection Eudora, however, for unknown reasons cut out some of the opening drums. 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 Compact Disc in 1999.[2]

Personnel

The Get Up Kids

• Matt Pryor - Vocals, Guitar
• Jim Suptic - Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Rob Pope - Bass
• Ryan Pope - Drums

Braid

• Bob Nanna - Vocals, Guitar
• Todd Bell - Bass
• Chris Broach - Vocals, Guitar
• Roy Ewing - Drums

References