Barsuk Records

10 Years of Empire Builder ❤️✨ It’s hard to believe that a decade has passed since Laura gave us this beautiful & deeply personal record. Her songwriting has a way of feeling both intimate & expansive, finding beauty in the quiet moments.

Empire Builder is an album we’re incredibly proud to be a part of. To celebrate the 10th anniversary, we’re releasing a fruit punch-colored vinyl LP, with newly-expanded liner notes featuring an essay written by Laura about the record.

Pre-order your copy at the Barsuk shop today, or as part of a special reduced-price bundle with her first three albums available via our good friends at Jealous Butcher Records: Beasts of Seasons (with and exclusive bonus LP of acoustic versions), If You Come to Greet Me, and La Grande — all newly pressed on limited-edition color vinyl.

Pre-order the anniversary edition of Empire Builder as part of the bundle at the Jealous Butcher shop, or by itself at the Barsuk shop – and stream Empire Builder wherever you listen to music – all at our link! barsuk.com/to/empire_builder

Hard to believe it’s been over 15 years since Maps & Atlases released their debut full-length, Perch Patchwork🎶 To celebrate, we gave this remarkable album the anniversary treatment it deserves with an expanded digital edition, packed with rarities including B-sides, remixes, and previously unreleased instrumental tracks – out today, wherever you listen!

Perch Patchwork has also been repressed on beautiful Eco-Green vinyl for the occasion. A fresh pressing for an album that still sounds as inventive, intricate, and wonderfully strange as ever. LP includes a download of the Perch Patchwork Expanded Edition✨ https://www.barsuk.com/to/perchpatchwork

Maps & Atlases’ East Coast tour kicks off today—the very same day the Expanded Edition & new LP arrive. If you can’t make it to the shows, and haven’t pre-ordered a copy, you can also pick one up at your favorite local indie record store! Track down a copy at our link💚

Giveaway time! Happy 10th Anniversary to Golden Age✨ And happy release day to the ‘snowy night sky’ pressing of the album🎉 Chris is down to the last of the signed, hand-numbered copies (at the link if you haven’t picked one up) & we’re giving away a test pressing on Instagram to one lucky winner! All you have to do is like this post & comment with your favorite song from the album🎶 https://www.instagram.com/p/DcTpOB7FFeI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsi=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

But wait, there’s more! You’ll also win this Dodge Caravan collectible toy, inspired by the family van from the album cover. The contest is open to everyone, worldwide. Non-US residents will need to cover shipping costs if they win. We’ll be picking a winner one week from today! Good luck🍀

“Living Decorations”, 15 years ago: The second video from Perch Patchwork✨ Directed by the band’s own Erin Elders, the video chronicled the lavish lifestyle of one Rick Reebok & his band, the Analog Medallion. Filmed by Maps & Atlases' Chris Hainey in the band’s hometown of Chicago, it featured members of Maps & Atlases alongside Windy City favorites Gypsyblood and Loose Dudes.
East Coast tour dates start on Friday!💙

We’re celebrating the anniversary of Maps & Atlases' incredible debut album, Perch Patchwork, with an expanded digital edition featuring B-sides, remixes, and a pair of gorgeous, previously unreleased instrumental tracks – including Banished Be Cavalier, streaming wherever you listen to music, today! To mark the occasion, we’re also releasing this limited Eco-Green vinyl edition, which includes a download of the complete expanded release. https://www.barsuk.com/to/perchpatchwork

LP pre-orders start today at the link in our bio. The vinyl and expanded digital edition arrive everywhere on 8/21—in record stores, on streaming services, and on the band’s upcoming tour dates💚

The first 7 pre-orders will also receive this sweet button pack from our archives, pictured here.

Band photo by the great Josh Goleman 📸

25 years ago today, John Vanderslice released the brilliant ‘Time Travel Is Lonely’ (June 12th, 2001). A quarter of a century has passed so quickly (time travel!?) but this album remains every bit as inventive, charming, and timeless as the day it arrived.🩵 Listen where you listen, at our link✨ https://found.ee/gVDTD2