Maybeshewill - Not For Want Of Trying

After hearing You Slut!'s debut album and being blown away by instrumental bands I had to go searching for more. On my searches I found Maybeshewill a Leicester based instrumental rock group that had released an album earlier this year entitled "Not For Want Of Trying"...I was intrigued.

After listening to the album I decided It was pretty good. I didn't think anything could top "Critical Meat", and this didn't...but it came pretty damn close.

Opening with the strangely titled song "Ixnay On The Autoplay" Not for want of trying sets of at a mellow pace that falsely leads you to believe them to be something their not, as when "Seraphim & Cherubim" kicks in you understand why they have been compared to You Slut! and Mogwai. This track is a masterpiece of interesting and intense guitar riffs mixed with simple but affective drumming.

The band have been known to use electro style drums and patterns in their songs and the best example of this is possibly "We called for an ambulance but a fire engine came" which displays a heavier side of Maybeshewill and leads into a almost SebastiAn style heavy electro ending.

This album isn't as good as "Critical Meat"...But it isn't far off, Good things await this band and the ever growing instrumental rock scene.

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