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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.
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  • Record Label: Fat Cat
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Post-Punk
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Mojo
    May 18, 2011
    80
    An impressive debut that crackles with vitality. [May 2011, p.112]
  2. Apr 14, 2011
    80
    There's none of the narcotised throb of Yuck here: Mazes play with real vim, and aren't inclined to let their songs loiter unnecessarily.
  3. Apr 15, 2011
    80
    Amid the deferential nods, Mazes exude vigour and vibrancy.
  4. 60
    A Thousand Heys reeks of wrong-side-of-the-pond, washed-out lo-fi revival as much as the vocals.
  5. 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]
  6. Uncut
    Apr 22, 2011
    60
    A Thousand Mazes almost transcends its influences. Almost. [May 2011, p.91]
  7. Apr 19, 2011
    50
    It's a out of focus Polaroid, a soggy Pollock demonstration, or, to stick with the name, an unfavorable maze. Given its short time, it's unlikely you'll write home about this one.

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