Mazes – A Thousand Heys (April 2011)

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    Mazes – A Thousand Heys (FatCat Records), Street Date: April 12, 2011

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    Jangly guitars, fuzz-laden bass lines, punchy percussion and undeniable pop hooks collide with a youthful exuberance to great effect on A Thousand Heys, the debut full-length album from UK foursome Mazes, due April 12 on FatCat Records. Brash, bratty and incredibly catchy, the album culls together a slew of new songs with tracks that first appeared on their much talked about back catalogue of 7-inches, splits and cassette releases. The end result is an album that captures the refreshing spontaneity and looseness that characterized their coveted 30-track Italian Beach Babes mixtape, whilst simultaneously refining their sharp instinct for a pop hook. It is at once controlled and focused while paying respect to the lo-fi tradition from which they hatched.

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    A Thousand Heys is a tapestry of collective influences that draws on the band’s multi-national constitution (in addition to UK members, one is from the U.S and another from New Zealand), and sees them dart in and out of their record collections with a wide-eyed enthusiasm. Opener “Go-Betweens” is influenced by the honeyed, major-key pop of the band the song’s title references, but with New York Dolls guitars, Buzzcocks intensity and Big Star-esque nihilist lyrics. “Bowie Knives,” as Pitchfork remarked “recalls early Guided By Voices, but with a slightly blues-y, classic rock feel all its own.” Meanwhile, “Wait Anyway” is reminiscent of Robert Smith’s early guitar noodling but then throws you for a loop as it veers into the psychedelic before you can even realize what’s happened. On “Most Days” the band encapsulate their sound in under two minutes with a driving pop song full of hooks and sugared melody that makes way for a frenzied ending of flailing guitars and crushing drums. NME couldn’t have said it better when describing Mazes’ music:”Feel-good fuzz-pop songs that are each little gems of witty slack rock, powered by a sly intelligence and insidious melodies.”

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    Tracklist
    1. Go-Betweens
    2. Surf & Turf
    3. Most Days
    4. Bowie Knives
    5. Summer Hits
    6. Wait Anyway
    7. Cenetaph
    8. Boxing Clever
    9. Vampire Jive
    10. Eva
    11. No Way
    12. Death House
    13. ‘Til I’m Dead

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    Und eine lesenswerte Review auf ADDICT I Music:
    „The first thing that strikes you about this brilliant debut by Mazes is that they aren’t skateboarding slackers from the sunny streets of San Francisco. Instead they are from the grey streets of London via Manchester, which makes it all the more impressive that they have made a long player that transforms England to the sunny utopia we all wish it could be.“ […]

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      firecracker

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      **** von MOJO. „An impressive debut that crackles with vitality.“

      Fast hätte ich ihnen gleich mehrere Plagiatsvergehen unterstellt. Aber da Jack Cooper bereits Mitglied der ziemlich famosen und viel zu unbekannten Beep Seals war („I Used to Work at the Zoo“ ist besonders toll!), erklärt das natürlich einiges.

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      Dirty, dirty feet from the concert in the grass / I wanted to believe that freedom there could last (Willy Mason)
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