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Maze - Ziggy
We review Ziggy by London band Maze.
As the year winds down, we’re using the last days of 2025 to revisit our favourite singles from autumn and winter that we didn’t get to review but couldn’t leave behind.
At the start of September, London’s Maze released ‘Ziggy’, the second single from their upcoming second album.
In 2022, Maze emerged as everyone's favourite elder statesmen with their album ‘Chaos Interrupted’. It was a heartfelt ode to the music they loved, a fine project for mates to embark on. On ‘Ziggy’, there feels like a shift, a confidence has stirred in the wake of the debut. Frontman Gary Davis toys with cadence, switching from sumptuous pop vocals to defiant with a joyous ease.
Sonically indebted to the Roses’ paisley era, ‘Ziggy’ trips along with John Squire’s early romanticism until the solo, where they capture the magic of the C86 movement alongside the hazy hedonism of Northside.
The newfound belief in themselves will extend to a massive gig at the Scala with Peter Azzopardi. Do your duty and help them sell it out!
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Maze - Actions
South London’s Maze release their new single ‘Actions’ today. It’s the first new music since 2022’s debut album ‘Chaos Interrupted’.
South London’s Maze release their new single ‘Actions’ today. It’s the first new music since 2022’s debut album ‘Chaos Interrupted’.
‘Chaos Interrupted’ was a piece of ragged glory which reimagined the sweeping orchestral peaks of Britpop's finest singles with great skiller and bigger heart. ‘Actions’ picks up where they left off with the Britpop-tinged orchestration and psyche meanderings.
Frontman Gary Davies’ smoky drawl lends the record a defiance and a wisdom which feels like a blissful line in the sand. The orchestration slides from the bombast of The Seahorses to the carefree abandon of The Space Monkeys . Davies’ vocal alongside this majesty as the beauty of The Skinner Brothers making a Shed Seven record.
As Davies’ vocal of “actions speak louder than words” loops, ‘Actions’ begins to take on a hymn-like quality. It’s not just uplifting the soul; it’s setting it free to a higher plane. A truly beautiful moment amid a world falling apart at the seams.
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