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Q MagazineApr 10, 2013A surprisingly well-nourished beast. [May 2013, p.105]
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Feb 28, 2013Marvellous, and highly recommended.
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Feb 26, 2013Ores & Minerals, its [A Thousand Heys'] follow-up, is arguably less direct, but more fully realised, and likely more enduring.
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Feb 20, 2013It's the first great guitar album of the year--stimulating, idiosyncratic, occasionally challenging, but most importantly, jam-packed full of proper tunes.
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Feb 20, 2013Overall, Ores & Minerals is a showcase of the band's strengths that finds an original band settling in and taking their ideas to the next level of clever.
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Feb 20, 2013Mazes are forging a distinct path from their peers and their second record offers rich rewards for like minds who wish to join them.
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Mar 7, 20132011's A Thousand Heys, was a solid take on 90s American indie, but a bit too beholden to its influences. Ores & Minerals fixes that and adds a lot more.
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Feb 20, 2013There’s a tightness and economy to the sound that makes the album sound excitingly different.
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Feb 20, 2013While songs like 'Significant Bullet' and 'Leominster' feel like slightly unnecessary inclusions and can cause the listening experience to drag slightly, this is a very impressive record with some truly excellent songs.