Tree, Swallows, Houses

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Tree, Swallows, Houses
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EP by
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2007
Length24:07
Label Sargent House [1]
Maps & Atlases chronology
Split EP with The AntenoraTree, Swallows, Houses You and Me and the Mountain EP
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Sputnikmusic4/5 [3]

Tree, Swallows, Houses is an EP by the alternative rock band Maps & Atlases. [4] It was released in 2007 on Sargent House.

Contents

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album's "herky-jerky songs extend Chicago's noisy indie-rock tradition." [5] Drowned in Sound called it "exhilarating," writing that it is full of "wheezing melodic splutters and elasticated yelps." [6] The Aquarian wrote that it "settles into a continuously unwinding 'math rock' mosaic." [7]

Track listing

Original release
No.TitleLength
1."Everyplace Is a House"3:58
2."The Most Trustworthy Tin Cans"3:58
3."The Ongoing Horrible"2:05
4."Big Bopper Anthems"4:42
5."Stories About Ourselves"3:45
6."The Sounds They Make"1:31
7."Songs for Ghosts to Haunt to"4:08

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