Maydays
Band’s Biog
Maydays first rolled out of bed up in the far north of Scotland, 16 miles from John O’Groats; a naive two guitars, bass and drums outfit, with the last to raise their hand becoming singer. They knocked a few horrendously rough recordings together, uploaded them to Myspace and two weeks later were playing the Zanzibar in Liverpool (They once supported the boy from 90’s Scouse band ‘Space’ there too but that’s another story). Not long after, they found themselves in Edinburgh, where things heated up a little with offers to play a few club nights in London – namely Way Out West – and some A&R interest from a fellow that wanted to pay for demo recordings with the intention of punting them to Vertigo Records. The opportunity perhaps came a little too soon for a young band who had only just made the transition to city life.
Anyways, new singer enters, new singer leaves. Original singer becomes organ player. New bass player and current singer enter equalling Maydays in its most confident sounding, musically competent and creatively diverse current form. Maydays have an exciting and unique sound which blends the dynamics of The Walkmen with the pop sensibilities of Belle and Sebastian, Aberfeldy and other notable Scottish acts, before landing (rather nicely) somewhere in the middle. The band also makes the most of influences such as The Band, Beatles and Creedance to create fresh, memorable and easily accessible songs.
