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We are Maia, a 4 piece alternative, acoustic band from Huddersfield playing all sorts of disco sci-fi folk pop on ukulele, cajon, trumpet, banjo, mandolin or whatever else is lying around!

Our second album is now mixed and mastered so be ready for an astro acoustic album ride in the new year! Album title and tour dates TBA soon so watch this space. In the meantime why not check out our debut album.

We still have several gigs lined up through till the end of December. Come and say hello…

View our upcoming gigs →

Listen to our debut album →

Latest News

NEW YEARS EVE & 2012…

December 27, 2011

What a year its been and what a way to finish it; our final performance of 2011 to be at the Royal Festval Hall and our first of 2012 to be at the Royal Festival Hall! Thanks to all that supported and booed us throughout the last 12 months.

We will be releasing our first single, ’Living In The Alligator’ at the end of Feb, so therefore we are pleased to announce our first headline show in London on Wednesday 29th of Feb @ The Old Queens Head for the world famous Nest Collective! We will be playing within the Maia Forrest and passing The Moon Around…………..You Can Purchase Tickets from here :

Tickets Old Queens Head

Keep a look out in 2012 for news on our next album release and gig updates,you can do that on our Facebook page and Twitter too.

Video – Where Else But Earth

October 3, 2011

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Maia – “Where Else But Earth”, directed by our friends Another Lazy Sunday.

Autumn Shows for 2011

September 15, 2011

24 September – Cropton Folk & Roots Festival
25 September – Folke Newington, London
30 October – Halloween Music Fair, Cecil Sharpe House, Camden, London
4 November – Purcell Rooms, Southbank, London
19 November – Birchcliffe Centre, Hebden Bridge, Supporting Chumbawamba
27 November – Folke Newington, London
30 November – The Old Queens Head, The Magpies Nest, Supporting Jamie Smith’s Mabon

July 2011 Gigs

June 6, 2011

24 July – MAD FERRET, PRESTON
25 July – THE WRENS, LEEDS
26 July – SLAUGHTERED LAMB, CLERKENWELL, LONDON
27 July – RICHMIX, BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON
29 July – SPICE OF LIFE, SOHO, LONDON

More gigs for summer 2011

April 28, 2011

May 26th The Crown Tavern – Clerkenwell, London (Design Week)
May 27th The Owl – Rodley, Leeds
June 8th Folk Rising – Cecil Sharp House, London

Breaking news: Maia are playing at the Cambridge Folk Festival on the Magpie’s Nest stage. Dates and times to be announced shortly…

Upcoming gigs for 2011

January 12, 2011

Jan 27 Preston Mad Ferret
Jan 29 The Slaughtered Lamb London
Jan 30 Folk Newington The Drop London
Feb 9 The Troubadour London
Feb 10 Milos Leeds Supporting The Brute Chorus
Feb 12 Trades Club Hebden Bridge Supporting Miles Hunt
Feb 26 The Spice Of Life London Soho
Feb 27 Folk Newington The Drop London
March 19 Brudenell Social Club Leeds
March 23 Sandinista Leeds
March 26 The Spice Of Life London Soho
March 27 Folk Newington The Drop London
April 23 The Spice Of Life London Soho
April 24 Folk Newington The Drop London

Video – Constant Play

January 11, 2011

Made by our good friends at Brown Bread Films

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Video directed and produced by Brown Bread Films.
www.brownbreadfilms.com

Double Six Club sessions

January 10, 2011

Some footage of us performing Melons at our recent Double Six Club sessions

More here:
http://www.doublesixclub.tv/session/10/maia

Debut album available to buy online

January 8, 2011

Maia - the debut album A limited edition of 350, the CD comes packaged in a branded and numbered wooden sleeve. Buy online from our label, Vandal Records, for £10.00

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A brief history of...

Part 1…

Members:

Tom Clegg – Guitar/ Ukulele/Vocals
Joe Haig – Piano/ Trumpet/Vocals
Simon Robinson – Guitar/Banjo/ Mandolin /Vocals
Will Fletcher – Drums/Cajon/Percussion

2010: We Invented sci-fi Folk, supported Anais Mitchell, played our first festival, saw the M1, M2 ,M3, M4 and M62 what seemed like a million times, released an album in a wooden sleeve and got played on the Radio!

2011 Now into outer space……………

Comments from the press:

Stirrings Magazine: “sheer breadth of the band’s vision is breathtaking.”

Folk World: “The vocals seemingly come from another dimension in a less demonstrative Antony (and the Johnsons) Heggarty style. This has enough elements of folk for genre fans but covers an awful lot of ground and is one of the more compelling listens I have had in a while.”

For Folks Sake: “The most impressive aspect of Maia the Band is that they are more adventurous and eclectic within the course of a single song than some artists dare to be in their entire career”

Music

Maia (the album)

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£10.00 from Vandal Records

1. In The Springtime
2. Windowsill Smoke
3. Dead Centre
4. Cargo
5. Fossil Minds
6. Samba Song
7. Hearts On The Hook
8. Ripe Afternoon
9. Pigs In
10. Sidelines
11. Melons
12. Windmill

Listen to the album online:

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Buy the album from Vandal Records

A limited edition of 350, the CD comes packaged in a branded and numbered wooden sleeve and is available to buy online from our label, Vandal Records, for £10.00

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All Songs Written By Tom Clegg. All Music by Maia.

Recorded and Mixed By Choque Hosein At The Gaudie Rooms Between Jan/July 2009. Mastered By Dallas Simpson @ Dallas Masters.