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City: Manchester
Country: UK
Signup Date: 10/4/2005
Thursday, October 25, 2007 

Current mood:  chipper
In the aftermath of The Maple State's awesome show over the In The City weekend we're delighted to announce details of their new single release. 'We Swear by the Light Life' is out on December 3rd, and is taken from the forthcoming mini album 'Say Scientist' which will also be released by HV Sounds.

It follows February's sell-out debut 7" 'Joanna' (which promoted Artrocker to gush "Tone perfect vocals and great melodies – this lot have indie-pop stardom a beckoning") and signals the bands intentions ahead of a mini-album release scheduled for early 2008. Since the spring, the band have worked religiously on a batch of eye-catching new songs, bolstered by the addition of guitarist Rick Higginbottom. The quintet played a string of theatre-sized dates in February with +44, culminating in a rammed show at Brixton Academy. The band also played sets at the Glastonbury festival, plus a two week nationwide headline tour in June in front of their loyal fan base.

Recording for the mini-album was done with Tom Knot (The Earlies) in Manchester and mixed by Belgium production team Das Pop. A natural progression on the groups earlier efforts, the new recordings are dowsed in melody, with inspiration coming from US indie-forefathers Sonic Youth, Modest Mouse and The Decemberists, whilst the bands punk-pop roots (The Get Up Kids remain a constant inspiration) stay firmly in the mix.

Pre-order the single from www.highvoltagesounds.co.uk or check out The Maple State's profile - myspace.com/themaplestate
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