What have you done for your mom lately? Paul Murphy (Wintersleep) and his bro Michael formed an informal duo, called it Postdata and recorded an album of the same name as a gift for their mother, who had faced some tough losses. It’s nine songs written and sung by Paul and performed by both brothers. Each song has an acoustic-guitar heart shrouded in its own uniquely charged atmosphere, thanks to thoughtful electronics, production and additional instrumentation. As with his other band, Paul’s lyrics look to the sky’s expanse, into all the body contains, as a means of location and reasoning with loss, in this case, death. In a beautiful album, “Lazarus,” “Tracers” and “The Coroner” are the most.
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This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2010.