The Maple State

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The Maple State formed in 2004 in Manchester, England after meeting at school/college, the band originally drew most of its inspiration from emo-rock bands such as The Get up Kids, The Anniversary and Hot Rod Circuit. Comprised of brothers Gregory and Christian Counsell, William Pearson and John Goodwin, the band recorded their earliest songs in a friend's bedroom and began touring the UK, these songs eventually became their first EP entitled At Least Until We've Settled In, which was released by Punktastic Recordings in March 2005, the EP received rave reviews from Magazines and Fanzines across the UK and helped the band land tours with Motion City Soundtrack, Fightstar and Minus The Bear. In December 2005 The Maple State flew out to Chicago to record new material with Sean O'Keefe (Fall out Boy, Hawthorne Heights) and Joshua Caine (Motion City Soundtrack), also playing at First Avenue in Minnesota with Motion City Soundtrack. At the end of the year Big Cheese magazine named The Maple State 'Best British Newcomer' in their annual reader’s poll. In 2006 the band released a spilt EP with Kneehigh and toured throughout the year with Say Anything, The Academy Is..and Get cape. Wear cape. Fly. In the summer of 2006 the band recorded a single with Andy Gill (Gang of Four) but apparently due to legal complications the songs were not released. At the end of 2006 the band signed with Manchester Indie label; High Voltage Sounds and in February 2007 they released the Joanna EP, the

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Say, Scientist

At Least Until We've Settled In

The Things I Heard At The Party

We Swear By The Lightlife

For The Temperate Lives

Joanna

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Zero days since last incident

Don't take forever

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Say, Scientist - EP

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Demo

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Say, Scientist EP

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Full Charge

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