A Postcard from Hell

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A Postcard from Hell
Kill the Drive A Postcard from Hell.jpg
Studio album by
Released Flag of Japan.svg May 12, 2009
Flag of Israel.svg September 10, 2009
RecordedMarch 2009
Genre Punk rock, pop punk
Length38:16
Label Radtone Music (Japan)
Producer Yotam Ben Horin
Kill the Drive chronology
Roadkill
(2006)
A Postcard from Hell
(2009)
Lady Karma
(2011)

A Postcard from Hell is the second full-length studio album by Israeli punk band Kill the Drive. It was released on May 12, 2009, in Japan through Radtone Music and on September 10, 2009, in Israel, in a special release show that took place at the OzenBar in Tel Aviv. The album was produced by Useless ID frontman Yotam Ben Horin, engineered by the band's singer/bassist Eyal Reiner and mixed & mastered by Daniel Balistocky at Revolution 9 Recording Studios in Los Angeles.

Contents

It is the band's only album before becoming a four-piece in 2010.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Rising Up"2:31
2."Breathe"2:34
3."Take What You Need"3:23
4."Break It"3:18
5."Insomniac"3:20
6."Familiar Taste"3:06
7."We're All to Blame"2:39
8."Just a Sinner"2:48
9."Take Me"3:04
10."Don't Need Redemption"3:03
11."All the Way"2:37
12."Sleep Forever"2:45
13."In the End"3:01

Personnel

Production

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