Name | Maybeshewill |
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Landscape | yes |
Background | group_or_band |
Origin | Leicester, UK |
Genre | Post-rock, electronica, post-metal, math rock, instrumental |
Years active | 2005–present |
Label | Robot Needs Home, Field Records, XTAL Records |
Url | maybeshewill.net |
Current members | James CollinsJohn HelpsRobin SouthbyJamie Ward |
Maybeshewill are an instrumental band from Leicester, United Kingdom whose music is characterised by the use of programmed and sampled electronic elements alongside guitars, bass and drums.
Maybeshewill has seen a number of musicians come and go, but core members Robin Southby, John Helps and James Collins have been with the band since their first tour and album.
In May 2007, John and Robin began working with drummer James Collins (formerly a member of Fight Fire With Water) and bassist Andrew Jackson, along with a number of guest vocalists and musicians on an album entitled Not for Want of Trying. The record was released on Monday 12 May 2008 through Field Records, and was chosen by BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens as his album of the week in its release week. 'The Paris Hilton Sex Tape' also featured on the cover CD of June's edition of Rock Sound magazine.
Thirteen months later on 7 June 2009, the band released their second LP Sing The Word Hope In Four-Part Harmony through Field Records, with Victoria Sztuka taking Andrew Jacksons place on bass guitar. This was a heavier record which saw them continue to try to break away from the post-rock tag with which they are often labelled. The record was received well by both press and fans alike, but did receive some criticism for failing to depart substantially enough from the band's established sound.
After the release of Sing The Word Hope, The band returned to the three-piece line-up of James Collins, John Helps and Robin Southby. They were joined in 2009 by Jamie Ward, a former member of Kyte and Tired Irie who was to guide the recording session for their third album, as well as filling the vacant role of bassist.
As of August 2009 the band are known to be working on an album for release in 2011.
Maybeshewill tour very regularly across the UK, Europe and Asia. This has seen them pair up with Fight Fire With Water, worriedaboutsatan, And So I Watch You From Afar, Death Of London and Cats & Cats & Cats on various excursions. They have also appeared at Summer Sundae Weekender, Truck Festival, Brainwash Festival 2000 Trees, Hockley Hustle and Dot To Dot.
Although not a 'political' band as such, many of the samples and song-titles within their music hint at broadly left-wing, somewhat socialist or idealistic ideas. For example This Time Last Year from Sing The Word Hope In Four-Part Harmony uses a sample from I Heart Huckabees in which the characters discuss whether a desire to preserve open space is a socialist idea, and the same album's title track includes a long monologue bemoaning the state of the society, but praising the community in which the band exists and suggesting hope for the future.
Category:English rock music groups Category:English post-rock groups Category:English electronic music groups Category:Leicester musical groups
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