mazes – and so she thinks

Ultimate Painting

admin — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:36:00 +0000

Sometimes you don’t need a reason. Sometimes just loving it is enough.

White Sands – The Wait

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:46:42 +0000

Three minutes of fuzzy frantic frustration from tripartite shoegaze supergroup White Sands. Formed of Conan Roberts (Mazes), Sophy Hollington (Novella) and John Arthur Webb (Male Bonding). The Wait is one of three tracks on their debut 7″, and sees the band members take influences from their other projects, but heighten the intensity, the burn and the friction to create something pretty powerful. Mid way through the almost hand clap simplicity allows the rhythm section to shine before those guitars break forth again and they smoulder with an all consuming buzz.
The Wait is set to be released as a 7” flexidisc accompanied by a zine put together by the band / 3 track digi-single on Art Is Hard Records.

Mazes – Hayfever Wristband

admin — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:30:22 +0000

Mazes have announced a new album, Better Ghosts, a ten track mini-album (longer than some) that will be released on 21st November via FatCat Records on vinyl and digital download. This is the first track, Hayfever Wristband, and it is tight as a slinky, it curves and jitters, the metronome beat flickering away and keeping the tune on track.
In answer to the question, why Better Ghosts, well: ‘It’s Conan’s explanation of Ghostbusters 2 being superior to Ghostbusters,’ Jack explains, ‘It’s just something that we talk about a lot and it stuck.’

Mazes – Bodies

admin — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:43:29 +0000

Let’s get this out of the way first – on this record Jack Cooper’s vocals are sort of irritating. Yet also interesting, which is probably what attracted Brighton based super hip label Fat Cats to Mazes in the first place, that and their own uber indie credentials – bassist Conan Roberts runs Italian Beach Babes label and and singer/guitarist Jack Cooper runs label Suffering Jukebox, both of which release on cassette.

Loops of bouncing beats keep Bodies going, the skewed summer vibes undulating along, unflustered, as it rolls and rolls and rolls, occasional sustained quivers teasing and threatening to break into something more, until 6.07 into the 7.50 length song when it suddenly germinates into a synthtastic, fizzing, stomach flipping dazzle of a handsintheairlikeyoujustdon’tcare kind of tune. Wonderful. I would suggest just fast forwarding to that six minute point and doing away with the rest, but like desert, perhaps it is sweeter due to the wait. Like the video, literally just couples sat on chairs, the whole thing is slightly disconcerting, yet hypnotic and addictive. Taken from their recent album Ores & Minerals.

Three for Free

admin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:20:56 +0000

October 29th 2012

Nothing ghoulish or scary in Halloween week, but all free, free, free as a bird.

Night Engine – On and On

Insistent and swelling, On and On by Night Engine has a funky formation that is worlds away from the current craze for soundscape and wafty whoozy ambience. Forming only this year, the London based band are starting on the right foot.

Mazes – Bodies

So Mazes have been chosen by The Cribs to support them on their forthcoming tour, which is a pretty good seal of approval in itself. Jaunty and halcyon, Bodies is free to download now.

Drink Me – Bubble

Charming and whimsical musical stumblings from French Band Drink Me.