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A Thousand Heys

Mazes

A Thousand Heys

Debut album from Manchester quartet influenced by late 80s, early 90s US alt-rock

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Fatcat
UK Release date
11/04/2011
US Release date
12/04/2011
  1. 8.5 |   The 405

    A Thousand Heys is most definitely, and defiantly, a record to accompany good friends, brisk, summer Eves and those momentarily marvellous moments in life where everyone just loosens up
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  2. 8.0 |   The Fly

    May not cuddle up to convention, but there is method in their madness
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    An impressive debut that crackles with vitality. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Mazes play with real vim, and aren't inclined to let their songs loiter unnecessarily
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  5. 8.0 |   DIY

    Their love of lo-fi and the warmth associated with analogue recording shines through
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  6. 8.0 |   BBC

    An enjoyable, exciting and mostly excellent snapshot of their lives as they are right now
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  7. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    This sounds for all the world like the start of something for everyone to clutch to their bosoms and call their own
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  8. 8.0 |   Clash

    A joyous collection of finely-crafted indie rock
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  9. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    If genius is to make things seem easy, then this debut is … steady … getting there
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  10. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Mazes seem to suckle off Tom Petty’s teet, whilst Cooper’s vocals are distinctly redolent of Stephen Malkmus
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  11. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Aches with both breezy, new-wave, power pop and enough atitude to give them a certain hardcore edge
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  12. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    They hark back to influences from the ‘80s and ‘90s
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  13. 7.0 |   AU Review

    Sounding this effortlessly lazy is hard work
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  14. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    An album full of pop hooks and wide eyed enthusiasm that wears its influences on its sleeve and will hold its own amongst their peers such as Male Bonding and Let’s Wrestle
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  15. 6.2 |   Pitchfork

    Despite the brisk tempos and the frazzled guitar tone, it's all too approachable to classify as punk rather than power pop
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  16. 6.0 |   NME

    They somehow manage to pull it off without sounding like shit facsimiles of Wavves or No Age
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  17. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Almost transcends its influences. Almost. Print edition only

  18. 6.0 |   Q

    Could be Teenage Fanclub with Thurston Moore operating the desk

  19. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    They follow the Pavement to scruffy pop heaven with superbly insistent and infectious fuzzy riffs
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  20. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Given its short time, it’s unlikely you’ll write home about this one
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  21. 5.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Doesn't carve out a distinctive enough place for itself amid this year’s crop of guitar-wielding miscreants
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  22. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    A pleasant enough record, though it could have been a real contender if only maybe more care and attention had been given to sculpting a sound that is genuinely something Mazes could call their own
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  23. 5.0 |   No Ripcord

    There’s no escaping the fact that although Mazes are quite capable of a good tune, there’s often very little to separate one track from the next
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