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01. MAPLEWOOD - Indian Summer
02. MAPLEWOOD - Darlene
03. MAPLEWOOD - Gemini on the Way
04. MAPLEWOOD - My Little Dreamer Girl
05. MAPLEWOOD - Santa Fe
06. MAPLEWOOD - Be My Friend
07. MAPLEWOOD - Bright Eyes
08. MAPLEWOOD - Morning Star
09. MAPLEWOOD - Sea Hero
10. MAPLEWOOD - Think It Through
11. MAPLEWOOD - Pocono
12. MAPLEWOOD - Carolina Jasmine
13. MAPLEWOOD - Desert Queen
ARTIST
TITLE
Maplewood
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
TR 068CD TR 068CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/18/2009

This is the sought-after debut album by Brooklyn's Maplewood, originally released in 2004. Rising up on a breeze of three-part harmonies and 12-string acoustic guitars, Maplewood evokes a joyride up the Pacific Coast Highway. Like the scent of night jasmine in bloom, the Maplewood sound wafts from the canyons to the beaches and out into the desert, an ode to a Californian ideal mapped out by such precursors as America, Bread, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gene Clark, '70s-era Beach Boys, late-period Byrds, The Stone Canyon Band, John Phillips, Neil Young, Hearts And Flowers, and even CSNY. For the five dudes who make up Maplewood, lost gems like "Ventura Highway" and "Make It With You" evolved from guilty pleasure to buried treasure: in such castoff anthems of mellowness, Maplewood managed to find improbable inspiration. Call it canyon rock, call it breeze rock, Maplewood is like a desert sunrise, like a dappled afternoon up in the orange groves, like a moon-lit walk on the beach and a swig of dandelion wine with the one you love the most. Maplewood is Mark Rozzo, Steve Koester, Craig Schoen, and Ira Elliot.