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=The Maine=



Just breaking into the music scene, [|The Maine] is a hot new band with a flare on indie pop rock. All the way from Tempe, Arizona, they signed to [|Fearless Records] just a few weeks ago, launching their fresh EP, [|The Way We Talk], which is hitting stores December 11th. Don’t be embarrassed if you’ve never heard of them. Touring throughout the summer of ’07, they created a name for themselves, without even being signed. Being the classic inspiring rock band, they drove themselves and their then manager Tanner Radcliff, across the country in a Suburban towing a trailer, playing in venues such as [|Knapp’s Underground] in Vermont and [|The School of Rock], in New Jersey, living on fast food and Cup Noodles. It wasn’t that bad, says Kennedy Brock, The Maine’s back up singer and guitarist, “I mean some of us are only in high school and all of this is such a wonderful experience, we’ll eat Cup Noodles for a couple of weeks if it means playing across the country”. Yes, you did read correctly, some of them are still only in high school. With the oldest members of the band being 19 (Kennedy and John O’Callaghan-vocals) some of their members are still only 17 years old and in high school, (Pat Kirch-drums and Garrett Nickelsen-Bass), graduating early in December, to tour hopefully all of 2008.

Their songs are creative, easy to dance to and they seem to be coming up with new ones almost every day. Their hit “The towns been talkin’” starts with an upbeat tempo that shows that they’re a band to watch out for. The lyric “you're in love with love, you're not in love with him”, is also featured on one of their many tee-shirts. Funnily enough they also play a cover of “I wanna love you” by [|Akon], which is surprisingly even better than the original. They also have slow, cute songs such as “Daisy”, which cleverly incorporates the care of a daisy into the feelings he has for someone, “if it takes all night I swear I’ll wait for you forever, sunlight, sunshine all for you my daisy”. Because of they’re easy to learn lyrics and steady beats, their songs could easily become hits.

The overall album is “fresh to death” as the band likes to say. They’re new and a pleasant addition to the Fearless Records family. With ‘popy’ beats and confidently sung lyrics this EP is definitely recommended for young people who are into new and different types of music. Keep an eye out for them in stores and at a venue near you. They have a four star EP for sure.