Map Of The Woulds – The Old Songs

In the ever-evolving musical landscape, where bands continuously release music with the aim of delivering meaningful messages that engage all the senses and prompt listeners to contemplate, only a few manage to do so with such confidence and ease. Usually, most of them are reinventing the same old wheel, trying to sound like their favorite music outlets, influences, and other sources of inspiration who have done it decades ago. Still, there are bands like Map Of The Woulds who break all the limits and shapeshift boundaries with their brilliant ideas and superb musicianship, delivering a fresh, unique, innovative, exciting take on so many different yet complementary styles at once. They escape all known cliches, think outside of the box, and avoid everything you would expect from modern rock music. “The Old Songs,” their latest standalone single released a couple of days ago, demonstrates their songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing abilities. Compared to “II,” their critically acclaimed extended play published last year, it also showcases a natural progression of an already incredible band and their tremendous dedication to the craft. Perhaps their music could be best described as some form of rock, but Map Of The Woulds is one of those bands that defy easy categorization into a singular genre. Although classic rock dominates the most, and it certnainly plays a significant role in shaping a luxuriant ambiance, you’ll also stumble upon some of the finest properties of art rock, garage rock, indie rock, math rock, progressive rock, and alternative rock lurking around. Map of woulds use all these additional sonic ingredients as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to uplift their latest standalone single to an entirely new level while simultaneously remaining loyal to the primary sonic direction. You’ll notice how nostalgia lurks around during each segment, yet Map Of The Woulds showcases qualities that meet all the trends in modern music production. Therefore, these experimentations with many different approaches and complementary styles resulted in a catchy, memorable, engaging song that will not only appeal to longtime rock fans but anyone who appreciates cleverly assembled and flawlessly performed music.

As soon as you press play, you’ll notice that Map Of The Woulds poured heart and soul into this fine piece of sonic artistry. “The Old Songs” arrives with such perfect structure, rarely heard or seen on the contemporary scene. This track carries many profoundly detailed segments, adorned by brilliant ideas and outstanding musicianship, capable of satisfying even the pickiest listeners. You’ll immediately notice how all those soulful, passionate, sincere, confident, emotive, powerful vocal harmonies elevate the entire composition to new heights, command attention, and guide listening apparatus from scratch to finish with such precision and finesse. The impressive vocal range emphasizes everything Map Of The Woulds intended to achieve by seamlessly balancing low, mid, and high notes, while the lyrics give a slightly dark, cynical, and entirely absurdist look at the current state of being a creative person in the modern world. While the band shares a meaningful message, the guitars reign supreme in the mix, delivering a perfect backdrop for all the vocals to shine upon. Those guitar works shine with classic rock maneuvers, but there are so many ideas incorporated along the way that point out Map Of The Woulds’ admiration towards math, indie, and alternative rock music. The comprehensive collection of catchy, memorable, engaging, and progressive chord progressions, riffs, harmonies, melodies, themes, and other sonic maneuvers creates a lush atmosphere while the subtle addition of distortion brings more rawness, abrasiveness, and grit. Also, it’s nearly mindblowing how all these guitar works pair to vocals harmonieously, making The Old Songs such a pleasant listening experience worth repeating over and over again. Beneath these impressive guitar maneuvers, you’ll stumble upon all those basslines, lurking around and contributing more than necessary heaviness, clarity, and depth to the mix. These rich, deep, dense, heavy low-ends also bring more groove and detail to the song. Of course, this track wouldn’t be complete without the exceptional drumming performance. You’ll hear how the expertly assembled, flawlessly performed, perfectly accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics keep everything in line while dictating groove and tempo. As you can see, each instrument has its place and purpose in this sonic equation, making “The Old Songs” worth repeating over and over again.

Bands like Map Of The Woulds are considered a rarity nowadays. This level of songwriting and composing abilities is rarely heard on the contemporary scene, and “The Old Songs” is a prime example of what happens when three excellent musicians gather with an aim of delivering a one-of-a-kind sonic experience. Their boundless creativity, skills, talent, experience, and knowledge shine during each segment, so you should immediately place this rock gem on your music radar. “The Old Songs” is available on all streaming platforms. Don’t miss it!