Mapmaker

The second record from these Brooklyn noise-punks expands on the soaring melodies and cracked electronics of 2006's Stay Afraid, exploring a wider array of berserk, malfunctioning instruments and intricate, pummeling rhythms. These twelve political/personal anthems about ambition and distraction boast bigger choruses, denser drones, and shinier hooks. They cite Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Boredoms, Minutemen, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Amps For Christ as influences. "Brilliant, sustained noise-rock minimalists with a monumental impact" - The NY Times.