Recorded last November on an old lightship moored on the Thames opposite the Millennium Dome, 'A Thousand Heys' captures the excitement and fizzing energy of a band still in day-jobs with everything in front of them. And, by taking 10 instead of the usual one or two days to record, it delivers that energy while sounding like one of the freshest, most life-affirming collections any of us are going to hear this year. 'A Thousand Heys' sees MAZES dart in and out of their respective record collections with the rapacious enthusiasm of wide-eyed kids in the proverbial sweet shop. The album is filled with major-key pop sounds of the GO BETWEENS, embellished with PAVEMENT'S wayward clatter, BUZZCOCKS' intensity, and BIG STAR-esque nihilist lyrics.