Perch Patchwork (豆瓣)

表演者: Maps & Atlases
流派: 摇滚
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2010-06-29
出版者: Barsuk Records
唱片数: 1
条形码: 0655173110225

豆瓣评分

7.2

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44.4%
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　　Maps & Atlases are one of those bands that serve as a Rorscach Test for music lovers. People hear their one-of-a-kind blend of rock and roll and map onto it whatever genre they’re most interested in at the moment. Tune your ears to Chris Hainey’s drumming and easily label this band as “math-rock.” Focus your gaze on Dave Davidson or Erin Elder’s finger tapping guitarwork and ... (展开全部) 　　Maps & Atlases are one of those bands that serve as a Rorscach Test for music lovers. People hear their one-of-a-kind blend of rock and roll and map onto it whatever genre they’re most interested in at the moment. Tune your ears to Chris Hainey’s drumming and easily label this band as “math-rock.” Focus your gaze on Dave Davidson or Erin Elder’s finger tapping guitarwork and you’ll walk away with some notion of a Don Caballero-influenced genius. Take in the songs on this new album, especially as they’re played live, and this band is all chaos infused, indie-pop. But with nearly 6 years together, Maps & Atlases is still re-inventing the sounds we expect to hear come swirling out of guitars, drums, and bass. And I haven’t even touched on the vocals yet!
　　Perch Patchwork, the debut LP by Maps & Atlases, coming out June 29 on Barsuk Records, has pleased me more each time I’ve heard it. None of those listens have even slightly approached the experience of being front row, center at Metro last week when they opened for Frightened Rabbit. The sonorous decadence of the album simply exploded from the stage and the audience had no way of being prepared for it. I was thrilled. The band was humbled by their reaction. The applause echoed loudly off them after each break, and if they felt they needed to test this new material on a hometown audience, they were mistaken. Perch Patchwork stands on it’s own as a solid record of achievement. And yet it progresses fluidly from their two EPs. From their very accessible and yet elaborate compositions on Trees, Swallows, Houses and slightly less intricate but equally innovative songs of You and Me and The Mountain, these twelve tracks span the scope of both previous EPs,and this new LP stretchs this band further afield into more clearly defined pop realms. Dave’s voice simply sings more. I was not alone in humming along with him on “The Charm” that night; it’s a catchy tune and by the second verse you pick up where he’s going with it. This record is full of moments where Dave’s vocals nearly stand alone and we simply loved it. “Pigeon” also features a memorable few lines of lyrics accompanied by the sparsest of guitar melodies, soon joined by increasing percussion with a sort of South African feel (think of a few tracks off of that brilliant Paul Simon album, Graceland.) But don’t worry, there’s plenty of noise to this too. “Solid Ground” the single released in advance of the album, surely demonstrates that the band is in excellent shape. It was a joy to see them interact on stage and feel their chemistry.
　　If you’re going to accuse Maps & Atlases of going “pop” then recognize that it’s because of creative melodies and not due to any vacuous new direction in instrumentation or lyrics. “Israeli Caves” will prove that this band is more than capable of marrying the sound it has grown a following for with the horizons it now stretches toward. Quite possibly the best song they’ve written yet, “Israeli Caves” will deliver them to you and beyond you, to the world. Do not miss seeing Maps & Atlases on tour this summer. Their show was a really great mix of old and new music that represents the whole of their musical expertise. This is much more than a band to watch out for.