{"id":6998,"date":"2012-08-02T02:16:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T09:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=6998"},"modified":"2012-08-02T02:16:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T09:16:42","slug":"maps-atlases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/08\/maps-atlases\/","title":{"rendered":"MAPS &#038; ATLASES"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6999\" title=\"MAPS-and-ATLASES-M-Review-June2012\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MAPS-and-ATLASES-M-Review-June2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MAPS-and-ATLASES-M-Review-June2012.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MAPS-and-ATLASES-M-Review-June2012-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>M<\/strong><strong>APS &amp; ATLASES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Beware and Be Grateful<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Barusk]<\/p>\n<p>On their second full-length set, the members of Chicago-based band Maps &amp; Atlases again take an approach that frequently defies easy categorization. It\u2019s a collision of styles and genres that combine pulsating tempos with quirky off-kilter pop. \u201cOld Ash\u201d and \u201cSilver Self\u201d recall the intoxicating essence of Paul Simon\u2019s <em>Graceland<\/em>, with each song incorporating the infectious shuffle and giddy exuberance that made those world rhythms so engaging. Yet at other times the melodies seem to teeter on disconnect, evidenced in the angular, spindly sound of \u201cRemote &amp; Dark Years\u201d and the skittish delivery that propels\u00a0\u201cBe Three Years Old.\u201d Listeners are directed to take heed of both aspects of the album title, which sums up the experience of <em>Beware\u00a0<\/em><em>and Be Grateful <\/em>succinctly. \u2013Lee Zimmerman<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAPS &amp; ATLASES Beware and Be Grateful [Barusk] On their second full-length set, the members of Chicago-based band Maps &amp; Atlases again take an approach that frequently defies easy categorization. It\u2019s a collision of styles and genres that combine pulsating tempos with quirky off-kilter pop. \u201cOld Ash\u201d and \u201cSilver Self\u201d recall the intoxicating essence of [&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":[196,4433,4432,4300,654],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6998"}],"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=6998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7001,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6998\/revisions\/7001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}