Black Map (featuring members of dredg, Far/Crosses, and The Trophy Fire)

Black Map released their first EP about a week ago and it's in heavy rotation for me.

I'm Just the Driver(youtube)

Examiner article

New Noise article

In my opinion, Gold really stands out. I'm Just the Driver (linked above) is the clear single as it is pretty straight-forward and catchy. Head for the Hills is certainly the most dredg-like, but has Ben Flanagan's more hook-oriented nature. Ropes is probably the weakest song on the EP, but is bad by no means. That said, I could see it being the song that could get radio play because of its simpler structure and delivery.

The album has very little of Mark Engles' trademark wall of delay and kind of takes him back to dredg's heavier beginnings. I look forward to an LP in the future.