Often with modern lo-fi rock music, there’s an assumption that fuzzed out guitars, reverberated vocals and a wealth of cymbal thrashing are used as ways of masking the fact that the songs themselves aren’t all that good. Society’s current obsession with nostalgia and low-grade art has paved the way for a lo-Fi resurgence, as bands like Wavves and No Age continue to establish themselves as core components of the contemporary indie music scene. London based band Mazes certainly fall into the DIY lo-fi scene having recorded most of their demos in a basement or bedroom. MySpace demo track, ‘Cenetaph’ sees a jangly, Pavement-like chord progression compliment a raspy male Falsetto, similar to that of noise pioneers Times New Viking. But amidst the clean, trebly distortion you are left with endearing and affable melodies that situate the listener in an idyllic environment – a summery, drunken oasis (you’ll understand when you listen). Much like some of their predecessors and lo-fi innovators such as Pavement, No Age and Times New Viking, rather than using the lo-fi formula to conceal, Mazes utilize it in crafting engagingly gritty and intriguingly noisy pop music. Credit to them! Their debut album ‘A thousand heys’ is out 11th April via Fat Cat records. Get to their MySpace page at www.myspace.com/mazesmazesmazes or
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