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Artist | Maps
Title | Vicissitude
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 53:52
Label | Mute Store | 2013
Catalog | CDSTUMM35 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 265 kbps Size | 107.48 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. A.M.A. 4:29
02. Built To Last 6:13
03. You Will Find A Way 6:17
04. I Heard Them Say 4:28
05. Nicholas 6:36
06. Vicissitude 3:38
07. Left Behind 5:06
08. This Summer 5:04
09. Insignificant Others 5:55
10. Adjusted To The Darkness 6:06
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Originally going under the name Short Break Operator, Maps is essentially
Northampton U.K. sound sculptor James Chapman, who combines indie
electronic sounds with atmospheric, sleepy rock that owes as much to
Spiritualized and My Bloody Valentine as it does to Four Tet and Boards Of
Canada. After realizing that music was his first love, in 2005 Chapman
bought a 16-track recorder and began making songs inspired by Spacemen 3
and The Beloved.
EPs such as "Start Something", which was released via Last Space Recordings
in 2006, led to Chapman signing to Mute Records. The label released Maps'
2007 debut album, "We Can Create", which was co-produced by Valgeir
Sigurosson (Bjork) and mixed by Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros). The more
electronically inclined "Turning the Mind", which explored the concepts of
mindfulness and the way the mind reacts to different stimuli, arrived in
fall 2009.
Chapman further honed his sound on 2013's "Vicissitude", which featured
some of his catchiest and most electronic-based songs to date. The
following year the remix collection "Realigned", which featured some of the
best reworkings of all of Maps music to date and included contributions
from Andy Stott, M83 and the Field among others, arrived.
Considering that there have been more than a few changes in James Chapman's
music since "We Can Create", the electro-shoegaze of his debut album as
Maps, his third album, "Vicissitude", is aptly named. Chapman ramped up his
ambition on 2009's intricate, conceptual "Turning The Mind", almost to the
point where he seemed trapped in those songs' inner workings. Here, things
are much more streamlined, whether on the sparkling single "A.M.A." - which
serves as a potent reminder that Chapman's music owes as much or more to
New Order as it does to My Bloody Valentine - or the title track's looping
arrangement, which continues the more overtly electronic trend in his work.
Much like his Mute labelmate Junip, Maps excels at songs that are
thoughtful and stealthily catchy, and "Vicissitude" boasts some of
Chapman's clearest-eyed songwriting yet. As on "Turning The Mind", mental
and emotional states are of paramount importance, but now Chapman seems
more grounded in dealing with life's vicissitudes. He sounds equally
comfortable singing the praises of enduring things on "Built To Last" as he
does accepting loss on "Left Behind", and there's a uniquely reassuring
quality to songs like "You Will Find a Way" and "This Summer", where
Chapman repeats the chorus 'forgive yourself' like a mantra.
The dreamy fog of Maps' first two albums resurfaces on "Nicholas" and
"Adjusted To The Darkness", which rivals Spiritualized's finest moments in
its mix of vulnerability and majesty. However, even the most expansive
tracks on "Vicissitude" aren't pushy, and in its own subtle way the album
delivers on the promise and intentions of "Turning The Mind".
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