Released 1999 Producer Barry P. Saranchuk | Length 45:03 Maps of the Saints(1999) Be My Echo(2002) Release date 1999 | |
Summer 98(1998) Maps of the Saints(1999) | ||
Maps of the Saints is an indie rock album by Kid Icarus. It was first released in 1999 through Summersteps Records on cassette and CD-R, and was re-issued in 2003. The liner notes and packaging were laid out by Ted Baird, who would later join the band as a musician. The relief print by Cassie Rose Kobeski on the cover is entitled "Sunday Dinner".
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Reception
Allmusic writer John D. Luerssen noted various influences on the album, from The Beatles to Robyn Hitchcock. Luerssen also praised the ballads "Firecracker Girls" and "Matchsticks Dance". Writer Matt Fink, also of Allmusic, compared the album's lo-fi style and "off-the-wall songcraft" to Robert Pollard. Tom Schulte of Skratch Magazine described a contrast between songs on the album, some which "bask in a harsh sun of feedback and distortion . . . while others display a sad and somewhat psychedelic mood."
Track listing
All songs written by Eric Schlittler, except as listed
- "Last Chance For A Painting" - 2:04
- "Laughing Skeletons" - 3:39
- "Firecracker Girls" - 3:46
- "Bicycle Spokes" - 5:03
- "Matchsticks Dance" - 2:07
- "Kafka Song" - 2:22, by Kobeski/Schlittler
- "Women In Films" - 2:25
- "Piece Of Trash" - 1:52
- "Lost In 228" - 1:30
- "Ice Queen" - 5:27
- "Holiday" - 2:08, by Brothers Gibb
- "Bells And Whistles" - 3:54
- "Your Photograph" - 3:04
- "Pieces On A Board" - 5:42
Personnel
Songs
1Last Chance for a Painting2:04
2Laughing Skeletons3:39
3Firecracker Girls3:46