Maps & Atlases have released a third single, “Violet Threaded”, from their forthcoming LP, Lightlessness is Nothing New, which is due out on June 1st via Barsuk Records.

The band departs for a US tour next week, and will be returning home for a show at Lincoln Hall on June 28th with Prism Tats.

Maps & Atlases announced last month that they were returning with a new LP called Lightlessness Is Nothing New. The album, their first since 2012, will be released on June 1st via Barsuk Records and is their first album without Erin Elders.

Below is the lyric video for the LP’s second single “Ringing Bell” and the first single “Fall Apart”.

You can catch Maps & Atlases at Lincoln Hall on June 28th with Prism Tats.

Pardon the shameless self-promotion but on Tuesday March 4, my very own band The We Shared Milk will share the stage at the Doug Fir Lounge with local drunken-power-pop favorites And And And, and Chicago’s experimental-math-popsters Maps & Atlases who will have a new album out April 17th. The show is part of a Red Bull sponsored concert series, Sound Select Presents: Portland, and the night's lineup was curated by one of indy rock's finest acts and certainly one of he biggest bands to come out of Portland, Portugal. The Man. 

RSVP here for get into the show for $3. Doors at 8pm, but arrive early as the space will likely fill up quickly. – Travis Leipzig

The headline should read "Dave Davison has shaved his beard!". Maps & Atlases have released a video for their track "Old Ash", which appears on their latest album Beware & Be Grateful, out now on Barsuk Records. The video was directed by drummer Christopher Hainey and shot through a two-way mirror. The video features the band's frontman Dave Davison sharing his iconic beard for the first time in four years.

You can catch Maps & Atlases at Riot Fest this September and at Dirty Nellie's in Palatine on August 22nd.

Maps & Atlases released a new video today for their song "Fever" which appears on their latest release Beware & Be Grateful.

The band will be touring for the next two months starting in Germany today.