There are two brands of music floating around the web these days: that with easy polish and skilled production to belie a lack of experience (or age), and that with the slapdash, garage approach, harkening back to The Kinks, The Ramones, and countless other bands from before the current musicians’ time. The music of Mazes falls into the latter. These guys from Manchester, while barely known outside of a few singles and some press online, are already notorious for their spontaneity and speedy recording time.
Happily for Mazes, FatCat Records took notice and recently signed the group, allowing them to hobnob with other sundry Fatties like Mice Parade, Nina Nastasia, and The Twilight Sad. This November, Mazes will begin recording their first full-length album, as yet untitled. And yet, despite everything we’ve been told about their hasty approach to throwing down tracks without heavy revision, this debut won’t be out until spring 2011! For a five-plus month wait, Mazes better have some great album art. (Suggestion: puzzle packaging?)
• Mazes: http://www.myspace.com/mazesmazesmazes
• FatCat: http://fat-cat.co.uk