Ahh, I love bands that aren’t well known.
Especially when one of your friends finds their album in a charity shop for £1.99 and buys it for you. Which is exactly what happened when I got this CD.
Maps are a Northampton-based band and We Can Create was their first studio album. One of the songs on this album also featured on Skins in series 3, so let’s see if their album is as good as their most famous song, ‘When You Leave’.
Track #1: So Low, So High – The first song on the album and I was pretty impressed. A really enjoyable song to listen to, if I’m honest. Quite electro-sounding too, which I wasn’t expecting when I received the album.
Track #2: You Don’t Know Her Name – Really quite upbeat. The drums are great and an old-fashioned organ is incorporated perfectly. Yep, an accordion.
Track #3: Elouise – I’m finding it hard to describe some of these songs. They’re all really good, but simply just great to listen to. If you can pinpoint why, let me know.
Track #4: It Will Find You – I love the way this song has the same thing repeated throughout in the background. It doesn’t get over-repetitive, which is the weird thing. Super interesting.
Track #5: Glory Verse – This one has a more solemn sound to it. Perfect for when you just want to relax. There is a piano and some synthesizers and little else. Lovely.
Track #6: Liquid Sugar – This is probably one of the weaker songs, but it’s not a bad song at all. Just another one you’d use to relax to. Obviously not a party tune, but this isn’t the sort of album you’d play at a party anyway.
Track #7: To The Sky – For some reason, this reminds me of another song by a completely different band. I can’t remember which one, but this is definitely not a bad thing.
Track #8: Back and Forth – This track has quite an old, retro sound to it and starts off a bit like a toned down version of Portishead. Once the chorus starts though, it reminds me a little of Radiohead. Well worth a listen.
Track #9: Lost My Soul – Again, very relaxing. Not the strongest song but still pleasant.
Track #10: Don’t Fear – I love how sombre this one sounds as it starts. This song does resemble Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service at times and this is a good thing. In my opinion.
Track #11: When You Leave – This is the song from Skins. It’s easy to see why producers chose it – it’d be good to listen to when you were off your head on drugs. I’m not advocating drugs, I’m just sayin’…
This album is probably not for everyone, but it’s certainly not bad. It’s not the sort of music you should listen to when hyper or wanting to party, but rather when you’re sleepy or just wanting time to think to yourself. Reflective.
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Published on February 22nd, 2010 at 9:57 pm by Lauren
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