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, 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.

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