Greetings and salutations, friends. I am STOKED, because a) I get to see Maps & Atlases tonight, and b) I also get to announce some great news about ’em: MAPS & ATLASES ARE RELEASING A NEW EP ON SARGENT HOUSE THIS JUNE 16TH. IT’S CALLED “YOU AND ME AND THE MOUNTAIN”. c) Maps are touring with the zeal and tenacity of a fox in a henhouse (What does that even mean!??! What a horrid metaphor!), and the dates are all below so that you, too, can see and hopefully write about the band.
“You and Me and the Mountain” Track Listing:
1) Witch
2) Artichokes
3) You And Me And The Mountain
4) Daily News
5) Ted Zancha
You can now hear the title track via ye olde MySpace:
www.myspace.com/mapsandatlases
The band is currently on tour with Foals, then they’ll join mewithoutyou for a month before playing ChicagoÂ’s Wicker Park Fest and heading back out with RX Bandits and Portugal The Man in support of the new release.
7/27- Chicago, IL – WICKER PARK FESTIVAL
w/ ISIS, RED SPAROWES and many more
W/ RX BANDITS & PORTUGAL. THE MAN
7/29 Baltimore, MD – The Ottobar
7/30 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore at the TLA
7/31 S. Hackensack, NJ – School of Rock
8/1 New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
8/2 Allston, MA – Harper’s Ferry
8/4 Rochester, NY – The Club at Water Street
8/5 Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop
8/6 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
8/7 Chicago, IL – Metro
8/8 St. Louis, MO – 2 Cents Plain
8/9 Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
8/10 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
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