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Eastern Skies, Western Eyes EP Artist: Map Label: Velvet Blue Music Eastern Skies, Western Eyes, Map’s second EP for Velvet Blue, finds them sounding even more like Starflyer 59—unsurprising, since both vocalist/guitarist Josh Dooley and drummer Joseph Esquibel do time in Starflyer, and since Jason Martin himself produces the EP. They’re far from a rip-off though; they’ve got their own sound and develop it nicely in the fourteen minutes presented here. The EP starts off with "Lazy Susan Serenade," a fine instrumental that’s probably the record’s highlight. That’s not to say that the other songs are substandard, though—the band pulls off their tales of heartbreak with fine lounge aplomb, and if Dooley’s vocals are a bit incomprehensible at times, they’re also pleasant and fit the band’s sound quite well. If I do have a complaint, it’s that the EP ends way too early, and actually seems to break off right in the middle of "Crash." Michial Farmer (10/28/01)
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