{"id":1077,"date":"2010-08-17T14:15:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T21:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2010-08-17T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T21:15:06","slug":"maps-atlases-perch-patchwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/maps-atlases-perch-patchwork\/","title":{"rendered":"MAPS &#038; ATLASES + Perch Patchwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Perch-Patchwork-M-Review-JulyAugust2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1078\" title=\"Perch-Patchwork-M-Review-JulyAugust2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Perch-Patchwork-M-Review-JulyAugust2010.jpg\" alt=\"Perch Patchwork\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Perch-Patchwork-M-Review-JulyAugust2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Perch-Patchwork-M-Review-JulyAugust2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>M<\/strong><strong>APS &amp; ATLASES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> Perch Patchwork<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Barsuk]<\/p>\n<p>Their band\u2019s name to the contrary, the members of Maps &amp; Atlases don\u2019t always indicate in which direction they\u2019re headed. As the follow-up to their 2006 EP <em>Tree, Swallows, Houses<\/em> and last year\u2019s <em>You &amp; Me &amp; the Mountain<\/em>, <em>Perch Patchwork<\/em> finds this unusual quartet dabbling in eclectic styles. In doing so, they clutter their arrangements with odd effects and skittish tempos, making it clear that they\u2019re a rather eccentric bunch more interested in tinkering with textures than aiming for cohesion. The new album nonetheless offers standouts like the wordless rhythmic chant of \u201cWill,\u201d the melodic lilt of \u201cIsraeli Caves\u201d and the catchy world beats of \u201cPigeon,\u201d which sounds like an outtake from Paul Simon\u2019s <em>Graceland<\/em>. <em>Patchwork<\/em> isn\u2019t the kind of album that\u2019s instantly accessible, but it is consistently intriguing and always entertaining. \u2013Lee Zimmerman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAPS &amp; ATLASES Perch Patchwork [Barsuk] Their band\u2019s name to the contrary, the members of Maps &amp; Atlases don\u2019t always indicate in which direction they\u2019re headed. As the follow-up to their 2006 EP Tree, Swallows, Houses and last year\u2019s You &amp; Me &amp; the Mountain, Perch Patchwork finds this unusual quartet dabbling in eclectic styles. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,656,623,654,655],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1080,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions\/1080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}