A Thousand Heys - Mazes
  • Band Name: Mazes
  • Record Label: Fat Cat
  • Release Date: Apr 12, 2011
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  • Summary: Often compared to Pavement and the Buzzcocks, the London-based quartet release its first full-length debut of lo-fi rock.
  • Record Label: Fat Cat
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Post-Punk
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Mojo
    May 18, 2011
    80
    An impressive debut that crackles with vitality. [May 2011, p.112]
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    Apr 15, 2011
    60
    A Thousand Heys reeks of wrong-side-of-the-pond, washed-out lo-fi revival as much as the vocals.
  3. Q Magazine
    May 31, 2011
    60
    A Thousand Heys plays so much like the product of a band wigging out in a garage you can almost smell the Castrol GTX. [Jun 2011, p.119]
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  4. Uncut
    Apr 22, 2011
    60
    A Thousand Mazes almost transcends its influences. Almost. [May 2011, p.91]
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