very nice! blogged @ http://indie-music-choice.tumblr.com/post/63563585231/the-map-room-pilot-playlist-jdk-39-november

well done guys, the best I heard for a long time in that genre!

Angus & Julia Stone - Paper Aeroplane -Federico Scavo remix Booty 2012
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Angus & Julia Stone - Paper Aeroplane - Federico Scavo remix Booty 2012

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Dancing In The Moonlight

Duck Hunting is out Jan 19th!

Upcoming tour dates:
Tickets: www.gundelachmusic.com
02.02 Trondheim, Trondheim Calling
05.04 Bergen, Landmark
07.04 Oslo, Rockefeller 
13.04 Stavanger, Tou Scene
26.04 Copenhagen, Hotel Cecil
10.05 Stockholm, Trädgården 
11.05 Gothenburg, Pustervik
12.05 London, The Pickle Factory
18.05 Amsterdam, Paradiso 
21.05 Hamburg, Haekken 
22.05 Cologne, YUCA
23.05 Munich, Milla
24.05 Berlin, Berghain/Kantine

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Duck Hunting

'Blame It All On Love', released 20 October 2023 on Counter Records: https://poolside.lnk.to/biaolSo

Pacific Standard Time

Golden Hour

Scenery

Remind Me

James Yuill - This Sweet Love (Earth Version)

Pilot

Atmospheric indie pop group The Map Room combine their love for well-constructed pop songs and embellished instrumentation with themes of displacement and motion inspired in part by their travels through South America.

Brendon Morrow and Simon Gooding met while studying Audio Engineering in Australia, and upon returning to their hometown of Auckland the pair began to write music together. During a year-long trip from Argentina to Colombia, the duo developed their sound by writing and playing shows along the way.

Armed with a portable recorder and two old acoustic guitars purchased from an antique store in Buenos Aires, the pair set off on their odyssey and began writing and recording the first fragments of new songs. As the transient nature of their year unfolded, lyrical themes of movement, displacement and strange encounters began to rise to the surface. 

The demos turned into fully-formed songs the duo would perform along the way, including slightly awkward Spanish-language live to air radio performances, and various gigs throughout Peru and into Colombia. No Spanish has made it into their songs thus far, but the band have crafted a sound which reaches from solo acoustic guitar (both acoustic guitars somehow making it home in one piece) to full band dynamics, rich with synthesizers, piano and electric guitar.

"Simon Gooding and Brendon Morrow's music is full of layers… sharing vocal duties, with Simon's voice a high floaty contrast to Brendon's lower grittier voice…the duo's music is sculptural and delicate. 'Pilot' is my favourite; a dreamy pop song sprinkled with synths so light and airy they sound like they're floating high above you, with vocals equally sky-high." (Einstein Music Journal)

Pilot

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