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Mr. Maps are a five-piece instrumental rock band from Brisbane, Australia. Since their inception in 2007, Mr. Maps have quickly earned a reputation for unique, transcendental live performances. Mr. Maps’ sound features complex layers of bass, drums and guitar lifted by lush piano and cello, and punctuated by electronic glitches and tones. Their compositions are experimental and meticulous with an air of optimism and beauty, blending math-rock with elements of New York post-classical and electronics. Mr. Maps released their debut album Wire Empire in January 2011. Wire Empire is an instrumental opus, flittering between the delicate and the crushingly huge. It is a complex masterpiece that retains Mr. Maps’ signature combination of mathematical rhythms and lush sweeping melodies, whilst boasting a more defined and resolute sound. Wire Empire was launched at a sold-out show in Brisbane. The album has been gathering critical acclaim, becoming ‘Album of the Week’ in TimeOff Magazine,