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BRIGHTON : BLAZE

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If one were to draw a line from early british pyschedelia from The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows" through late sizties Pink Floyd, through the indie shoegaze bands of the eighties (ride, mbv), to such recent musical hybrids as Gomez and the Beta Band, then you have a fair idea of No Maps sound. Drum machines clickety clakety away, while over it melodic bass, gracefull grand piano, synth lines, strummed guitar and vocals that veer from the melancholy of Nick Drake to the wasted Bobby Gillespie or Jason Spaceman, create an elegant and way abouve average aural stew.

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NORMAN RECORDS, LEEDS.

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A Strange little release coming from the Limit Switch stable. A label known for experimental electronica and noise. No Map come over like a proper band - "Before we're taken" has a loverlee swagger that sounds somewhere between Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde and a track from New Orders' "Technique". A very interesting release.

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THE BRIGHTON SOURCE, BRIGHTON.

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No Map are a five-peice who sound like a cross between The Beta Band and the Byrds.

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SMALLFISH RECORDS, LONDON.

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Ah, What do we have here ? One half of the London based drone outfit Monostation getting into a baggy groove and tuneage. A true suprise here a tidy little 2 track single that nods to New Order, Teenage Fanclub and the lo fi fiddling of the Beta Band. Nice.

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