Map of the Woulds appear rather frustrated and cynical about the status quo. We cannot blame them: the world as we know it has been going downhill for a while now, and things are pretty dire and absurd, especially regarding the music industry and social media. The Seattle-based psych-rock outfit is done with it all, so much so that they wrote a whole song about it, ‘The Old Songs’. In it, we are confronted with Map of the Woulds’ eclectic, relatable aural character.
If, from a sonic perspective, they are not reinventing the wheel, their overall references are rather wide and eclectic, with gentle psych elements and indie-rock motifs layered in a playfully quirky manner, a musical component that well serves their absurd lyrical imagery and the ironic storytelling. In fact, we’d say that on this occasion, the songwriting trumps everything else, as ‘The Old Songs’ finds its existential value in its message.
Map of the Woulds are Woody Frank (guitar and voice), Andrew Woods (bass and voice) and Adrian Woods (drums and voice). Reiterating the inspiration behind ‘The Old Songs’, they explain: “Stop creating content (CONTENT)! Instead, we should like and subscribe! A cynical and absurdist look at the current state of humanity and all of our foibles and how we’ve overcome them.”
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