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(1) Mazes (comprising of Jack Cooper on vocals and guitar, Neil Robinson on drums, Jarin Tabata on guitars and Conan Roberts on bass) formed in early 2009 in Manchester and began their life touring with Pens and Wavves before going on to play shows and tour with bands such as Deerhunter, Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps, Box Elders, Dum Dum Girls and Crocodiles. Their belief in recording live and very quickly to tape has meant that they already have a significant back catalogue, releasing their first two singles (the second a split with Spectrals) on Brighton’s Sex is Disgusting and a third on Suffering Jukebox to critical acclaim from blogs and the wider press. Jack Cooper states that they ‘don’t work on anything too much due to circumstance and a quest for spontaneity.’ This approach is most exemplified by the mix tape that Mazes produced for Italian Beach Babes, which, in the grand tradition of Sebadohs ‘The Freed Weed’ and the series of Fucked Up mix tapes, contained 30 tracks of sketched out ideas, acoustic versions, alternative takes and samples. Mazes are a band that couldn’t be accused of overthinking anything, instead relying on a sharp instinct for a pop hook that had a critic comparing them earnestly to ‘the holy heights of The Clean, The Vaselines and Television Personalities’, whilst Marc Riley, on their recent BBC 6 music session called them a ‘ sort of really garagey Kinks.’
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Ores & Minerals
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A Thousand Heys
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johnny-mnemonic
what a nice bastard of sebadoh, malkmus and gbv ... nearly a guilty pleasure
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Trademark88
Remind me of The Magic Numbers
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KuriousBanana
Haha, 'Oresome'. I see what you did there :D
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isaacashe
Mazes review. 'Oresome,' you might say. http://blogs.loughboroughecho.net/soundadvice/2013/02/review-get-lost-in-mazes.html
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nicoinfurs
This is a good band.
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freezZa
FUSA
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StreetStereo
niceee
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notsmartdum
@Hawkdaddyfoolz I don't know you, but I hate you for saying "cats" as like a much shittier replacement for "dudes" or "people". It's not really your fault though. The blame mostly lies with the pretentious dude who kept trying to have an intellectual conversation about hip hop and kept referring to "the hyphy cats" Actually no, I take that back, saying 'cats' in reference to people sucks.
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duffman04LL
How do these guys not even have over 200,000 plays yet, when Yuck has over 2 million?
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Hawkdaddyfoolz
Just saw these cats with Sebadoh, good show
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aurora789
http://soundinflux.blogspot.com/2011/10/mazes-interview.html An interview with Mazes
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johnntyler
yummy
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HollyTheWombat
Really good live. recommended!
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ANALOG85
http://weareoutofstep.blogspot.com/2011/10/summer-rad-vibes-for-autumn-times.html see you in Brum 12 Oct Hare and Hounds
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nicoinfurs
They're pretty good live. Fresh sound and the dude on the left with the glasses is really kind.
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jelle_kgb
Check out 'A Thousand Heys' on Kofferbaque! http://www.kofferbaque.nl/2011/09/mazes-thousend-heys.html
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jxnxt
love
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blood-cells
perfect
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Kezman85
Enjoyed their set at Latitude despite technical problems (they were one guitarist down for half the set due to a problem with his pedalboard). The album is so infectious, great tunes.
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Jharod
sounds a bit like Built to Spill to me, and that's quite good!
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