'NOT FOR WANT OF TRYING' RELEASE INFORMATION
UK / EU Release Date : 12th May 2008 through Field Records
JAPAN Release Date : 3rd May 2008 through Xtal Records
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WHAT THE PRESS THINKS OF 'NOT FOR WANT OF TRYING'
"This could be the soundtrack to a thousand Manga films. It's the perfect combination of guitar and keyboards played with a ferocious energy and commitment that make this one the highlights of 2008 for me so far."
- TastyZine.org.uk
"This is a pretty damn strong debut that is brilliantly recorded and played (very fucking loud in places)" "Not For Want of trying rocks like a bitch and could well propel this young band to greater things."
- Nothingatall.net
"Simply put, it may only be spring time, but with Not for Want of Trying Maybeshewill have just laid a strong claim for producing the best British debut album of the year. Astonishing stuff."
- Rockmidgets.com (5/5)
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Maybeshewill is the product of a broken laptop and four boys' over-active imaginations. They occasionally release bits and pieces of music through a label they invented one afternoon called 'Robot Needs Home Records'. Sometimes they play shows, though not very often. They'd much rather sit at home watching films and stealing bits from them. They like your face. A lot. Which is why they are here.
Maybeshewill is spelt with a capital M and no spaces - It's one word, not three. Maybeshewill like the way it sounds, not the meaning of its constituent parts. If you're looking for meaning, you won't find any here.
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Maybeshewill were formed in Leicester in the summer of 2006, and released their debut EP 'Japanese Spy Transcript' in the autumn of the same year. Nottingham's Field Records stumbled across a copy of the record and asked them to be part of the first of a series of limited edition split singles, which was later to include such underground luminaries as Tired Irie, Cats & Cats & Cats and You Slut!. 'The Paris Hilton Sex Tape', taken from the band's debut was to form one side of the single, the other filled by Nottingham's Ann Arbor. The band toured in support of the release, culminating in a final show with Foals and Cats & Cats & Cats at London's Luminaire.
Towards the end of the year, Maybeshewill licensed 'Japanese Spy Transcript' in a special extended form to The Media Factory Group in Japan, who formed an entirely new label, Xtal records, to accomodate the release. Xtal is now home to the likes of Yndi Halda, Caspian and You Slut!.
After an extended period of hiatus during 2007 the band have now completed the recording of their debut full-length, which will see a release and tour in the UK, Europe and Japan in May 2008.
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"Fantastic Band... We're in awe, It sounds absolutely brilliant"
- Huw Stephens, Radio 1
"Most bands couldn’t juggle the collective noise of Mogwai and Glassjaw without exploding. However, Leicester instrumentalists Maybeshewill make it sound easy as they lead you through a panoramic musical landscape of serrated riffs, atmospheric pianos, electronic blips and frenetic drum loops."
"Don’t let plainly rediculous titles like Paris Hilton Sex Tape fool you, some of these songs are extremely quick to kick your teeth in when you least expect it"
- Kerrang (KKKK)
"This could be the soundtrack to a thousand Manga films. It's the perfect combination of guitar and keyboards played with a ferocious energy and commitment that make this one the highlights of 2008 for me so far."
- TastyZine.org.uk
"This is a pretty damn strong debut that is brilliantly recorded and played (very fucking loud in places)" "Not For Want of trying rocks like a bitch and could well propel this young band to greater things."
- Nothingatall.net
"Simply put, it may only be spring time, but with Not for Want of Trying Maybeshewill have just laid a strong claim for producing the best British debut album of the year. Astonishing stuff."
- Rockmidgets.com (5/5)
"Maybeshewill sound like Mogwai would if the latter had ever found love in an arthouse cinema. And then were beaten around the head with a keyboard."
- Drowned in Sound
"Maybeshewill travels the road less travelled. The path that fuses together post-rock with electronica and doesn't apologize for the rough edges."
- The Silent Ballet
