Maps & Atlases Beware and Be Grateful 2011-11-25 The Mapping of Dandruff 09

The Mapping of Dandruff 09

and spawning four Top-10 singles ("Can I Play With Madness

Dont Mess Around 4

circa There’s A Riot Going On

Blink throws in plenty of inappropriate moments of Sandler-esque proportions

Maps & Atlases Beware and Be Grateful 2011-11-25 The Mapping of Dandruff 09On 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,"