Turning the Mind is the second album from Northampton

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-based band Maps

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-Start Something:In 2006, he recorded his Start Something EP by himself on his 16-track recorder. He released it on his own record label, Last Space Recordings, and it was met with some critical acclaim. The single "Lost My Soul" polled at No. 26 in NMEs top 50 singles of 2006.-We Can Create:On 19...

, released in 2009. So far, three singles have been released from the album.

Album information

On February 22, 2009, James wrote on his MySpace blog about his new upcoming album, saying "I've never been more confident and excited about this new album". In an interview he posted on the same blog, he mentioned the new album's themes as being "mental states" and "chemicals".

According to an interview on James' new website for Maps, he said Turning the Mind would be darker, angrier and more electronic than his previous album We Can Create. Every two weeks, James posted a song from Turning the Mind onto his MySpace page.

On August 11, the track "Nothing" was uploaded to YouTube

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 accompanied by an unofficial music video

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Turning the Mind was released on September 28 in Europe

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 and October 20 in North America

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Track listing

Singles

• "Let Go of the Fear": May 11, 2009
• "I Dream of Crystal": September 14, 2009
• "Die Happy, Die Smiling": January 10, 2010