Maps (Mixtapes album)

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Maps
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 2010
November 1, 2011 (Animal Style Records)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length18:02
Label Death to False Hopes
Animal Style
Mixtapes chronology
Maps
(2010)
Thought About Growing Up
(2010)
Animal Style Records cover
Mixtapes - Maps & Companions - 2011.jpg
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Maps is the debut release by Ohio- and Detroit-based pop punk band Mixtapes. The album was recorded over one weekend and released for free on Death to False Hope Records. [3] It was later re-released in November 2011 on vinyl via Animal Style Records, featuring the 10 songs from Maps and a newly recorded EP titled Companions . The album was re-titled Maps & Companions. [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sunrise"1:00
2."Maps"1:40
3."Cassettes (Nothing Can Kill the Grimace)"2:14
4."And If We Both Fail?" (acoustic)2:07
5."The Mixtapes Misplaced Missed Takes"0:44
6."Road Apples"1:38
7."Hope Springs Eternal"2:08
8."OrangeYellow" (acoustic)2:00
9."Moonglow"1:11
10."Sunsets"3:20

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References

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