Maffai

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Maffai
General information
origin Nuremberg , Würzburg
Genre (s) Post punk
founding 2018
Website maffai.de
Current occupation
Mike Illig
guitar
 Simon Züchner
Daniel Schmitt
Jan Kretschmer

Maffai is a German post-punk band from Nuremberg and Würzburg.

Band history

Maffai was founded in 2018 by Mike Illig ( vocals , guitar ), Simon Züchner (guitar), Daniel Schmitt ( bass ) and Jan Kretschmer ( drums ). The four musicians have played in other local band projects before. Shortly after the company was founded, the first songs were written and published on the Internet. Her first self-titled EP was released in September 2018 . This appeared in self-distribution both as a 7 '' and digitally via Bandcamp . Together with Knarre, the band booked an autumn gate through southern Germany. The band also plays with Love A in December .

At the beginning of 2019, Audiolith Booking announced that they had signed the band. On July 4, 2019, the independent label Kidnap Music announced that they had also signed the band. First, a video about Witching Hour was released on July 17th . The digital single and music video for Abgewandt followed on September 30, 2019 .

Her debut album Zen was finally released on October 11, 2019 . Puls Musik then named it “Band of the Week”.

Music genre

At the beginning they jokingly referred to their style as "Fantasy Screamo ". In fact, it's post-punk, which is a mixture of indie rock and new wave and is influenced by bands like Turbostaat , Die Nerven , Love A , but also The Cure and Drangsal .

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • 2018: Maffai ( 7`` , in-house production)
  • 2019: Abgewandt (digital single, Kidnap Music)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maffai: The Local Heroes of the Week. EgoFM , June 14, 2019, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ New in Booking: Maffai. Audiolith, January 11, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Wonk Unit & Maffai: Two new bands in the family. Kidnap Music , July 4, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Maffai - Witching Hour. Underdog Fanzine, July 17, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Maffai: Turned away as a digital single. Kidnap Music, September 30, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Volume of the Week // Maffai: Poetry with Power. PULS , June 14, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 .