Maps & Atlases Beware and Be Grateful 5/3/24 imaginatively arranged Americana/rock material

imaginatively arranged Americana/rock material

in celebration of its 20th anniversary

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Maps & Atlases Beware and Be Grateful 5/3/24 imaginatively arranged Americana/rock materialOn their second full length album, Chicago's Maps & Atlases defy easy categorization, choosing to walk their own incomparable musical path. Beware and Be Grateful sees the band's trademark experimentalism morphing to suit a more direct though no less beguiling songcraft. Fueled by a panoply of sonic influences, the album abounds with novel invention, spanning hymnal harmonies, percolating rhythms, even, in the case of centerpiece track, "Silver Self,"