Maps, aka James Chapman, has announced details of the release of a new single, You Don’t Know Her Name, through Mute Records on July 30th 2007. The single is taken from his highly acclaimed debut album, We Can Create, which was released in May of this year.The single will be released on 7” and CD. The CD features extra tracks Fall Apart & Elouise (SixToes Mix) while the 7” includes The Field Remix of You Don’t Know Her Name.Maps also has a number of dates over the summer alongside a number of U.K. festival appearances. These follow his recent support slot on the Blonde Redhead tour and a sold out headline show at London’s ICA. The full list of dates are as follows:JULY25th Northampton Church of the Holy Sepulchre30th London Borderline (6 Music Night)
AUGUST
12th Leicester Summer Sundae Festival
24th Leeds Leeds Festival
26th Reading Reading Festival
31st Lode nr Cambridge Lodestar Festival
His debut album was rightly acclaimed upon its release in the spring as a work of heart stopping extremes.
A hugely ambitious, widescreen and epic record that recalls everything from the far away electronics of Basic Channel and Carl Craig, through the skewed songwriting of Postal Service, Flaming Lips and Grandaddy to the euphoric sound-scapes of Sigur Ros and My Bloody Valentine.
A bedroom genius in every sense, the record was painstakingly spliced together in his Northamptonshire bedroom without the aid of his computer, instead every layer of sound was recorded onto his battered 16-track recorder.
The results were subsequently co-produced by Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bjork) and mixed by Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, Hope Of The States).