Description
The third album by Maps is all about changes of situation. For James Chapman the fizzing brain behind the music Vicissitude owes its very existence to the period of personal reflection and rearrangement that took him out of the game after the release of 2009s Turning The Mind; a three-year phase between albums thats clearly pushed Chapman onwards to create by far his finest work to date.
While Turning The Mind swung like a hedonistic after-party held after Maps debut We Can Creates Mercury Prize nomination, Vicissitude has the distinct feeling of digging deep and confronting reality head on. And in each of those cases, with Chapman the sole creative force behind the music, any Maps album is defined entirely by where his head was at during the recording process.
As with previous releases, the new album was primarily recorded at Maps home, and was mixed by Ken Thomas (Sugarcubes, M83, Sigur Ros) and Jolyon Thomas. Vicissitude focuses, tightens and sharpens Maps expansive sound.
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