{"id":65149,"date":"2018-07-04T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=65149"},"modified":"2018-07-04T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T18:06:09","slug":"review-maypine-bend-break-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-maypine-bend-break-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Maypine – Bend\/Break EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Having removed their early pop-punk EP from all platforms, theoretically, ‘Bend\/Break’<\/i> is now the debut EP from Brighton quintet Maypine<\/strong>. It signals a more personal, less genre-specific songwriting approach. As such, their “keeping your head above water in the battle against adversity”<\/i> ethic and lyrical approach has slipped deep into the comfort zone of generic sounding alternative rock.<\/p>\n

While it all sounds very nice and is a pleasant enough listen, there is very little to make them stand out in what is already a saturated market. That is not to decry the obvious hard work that has gone into the record, nor the band’s equally obvious talent. It’s more a case of how far can they go in such a competitive genre when they offer little to separate them from the rest of the pack?<\/p>\n

‘Give’<\/i> kicks things off with a big opening riff and is predictably mid-paced with familiar melodies. There is a slight Incubus-esque grunginess to the sound, which hints at the potential to produce something a little more bombastic, but the “Something’s got to give<\/em>” lyric and foreseeable downturn before the rousing finale are straight out of the alt-rock playbook.<\/p>\n