Maps & Atlases
Beware and Be Grateful
bark125 LP / CD / DIGITAL Barsuk Records April 2012
- Old & Gray
- Fever
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- Winter
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- Remote & Dark Years
- Silver Self
- Vampires
- Be Three Years Old
- Bugs
- Old Ash
- Important
In a musical landscape pitted with pop stars and pigeonholes, Maps & Atlases defy easy categorization, choosing to walk their own incomparable path. Beware and Be Grateful builds upon the Chicago-based band's acclaimed Barsuk debut, Perch Patchwork, melding their trademark experimentalism with a more direct — though no less beguiling — songcraft. The new album abounds with invention, spanning hymnal harmonies, percolating rhythms, even, in the case of centerpiece track "Silver Self", a full-on guitar solo. Songs like "Remote and Dark Years" and "Winter" are gloriously liquid and lyrical, channeling M&A's maximalist creativity into a truly inviting brand of boundary-busting, asymmetrical pop.
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