Labels: self released
Review by: Andy Malcolm
That title shows a distinct appreciation of emo. Maps – way emo! Anyway, this is a little 6
song demo cdr of pretty, and mostly acoustic, tunes, home made with wobbly muffled vocals
badly recorded over the top. Clearly owes a debt to the likes of Owen and Fred Thomas (more
people should owe debts to the latter), the guitar is skilfully handled, twinkling away
gorgeously with a touch of electronic ambience nestling behind it all. Sometimes an electric
guitar is utilised, such as on “That Point” which has some great skittish parts that are
reminiscent of that other Kinsella.
For a demo, this is all rather nice. The recording of the vocals rather bunks the quality a
bit sadly, I’d like to hear what they sound like when clear, but if you can live with that
and you appreciate Owen (although that guy has made 3 lps of the same songs in a different
order), you ought to check this out, and then listen to it in the Autumn, when it’ll sound
even better. Nice job Mr. Roe, if you had been in Cap’n Jazz then you could have had loads of lps on Polyvinyl or Jade Tree. Instead you’ll probably be stuck like Fred Thomas making cdrs despite your obvious talents.