If there ever was a true "break up" album, I'd have to say that The Frames' Burn the Maps is it. These long standing members of the Irish rock scene created a stunningly passionate affair with this '04 release. The songs within are rife with anger and longing, hope and despair. It's a moody album but still manages to welcome the listener into a series of intensely personal failures and regrets.
I imagine that there is some snarky girl out there that decimated the heart of lead singer Glen Hansard and she shows off this album as a sort of trophy..."yup, that song is totally about me." She brags to her equally snarky cohorts while sipping house wine. But I also imagine her boastful little smile disappearing rather quickly when Glen became an Academy Award winner (along with co-star Markéta Irglová) for Best Original Song for the film Once in which he also starred. Check mate snarky bitches.
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