Maggie Brown: World on Paper

photo: Jennifer Steetskamp

Amsterdam based indie guitar band Maggie Brown have just released the second tracks of a three-part singles series. World on Paper is a showcase for keyboard player Friso Schmid. He added multiple layers of Eighties-inspired parts as an enhancement for the melancholy of the lyrics.

They wil release one more single (Commander) this year. With the recording of five more songs next year plus the 2018 double A-side Take Flight b/w Into Motion the track listing for a new full-length is pretty much completed.

Maggie Brown: new single "Takes Time" + two shows in The Netherlands

photo: Jennifer Steetskamp

Amsterdam based indie guitar band Maggie Brown have come back out of hiding with a new single, the appropriately titled Takes Time. More new material might be road tested during their upcoming shows.

Live dates:

• 09/27 Amsterdam @ De Nieuwe Anita
• 11/07 Utrecht @ Cafe Hofman

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HCTF review of Another Place.

Maggie Brown: Take Flight + Into Motion

photo: Joni Spaan

Amsterdam indie guitar band Maggie Brown have posted two brand new songs, Take Flight and Into Motion on Spotify. As per usual vocal harmonies and melancholy are having a friendly fight for the spotlights.

Live dates:

• 09/21 Popronde - Paddy O'Ryan, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
• 10/06 Popronde - Irrational Library, Haarlem, Netherlands
• 10/06 Popronde - Podium De Lift, Haarlem, Netherlands
• 11/03 Popronde - Mudly's Barbershop, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 11/15 Popronde - In Kannen & Kruiken, Breda, Netherlands

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HCTF review of Another Place.

Maggie Brown: Another Place

photo: Joni Spaan

Amsterdam indie guitar band Maggie Brown went through some major line-up changes. Lead singer and guitarist Marcel Hulst, keyboards player Friso Schmid and drummer Pascal van Baren are still part of the quintet that released a self-titled full-length in 2014. Finding a new bass player and guitarist took some time and in the meantime Hulst recorded a solo album and switched gears to record the Sunrise Reprise EP with his psychedelic electronic indie trio The Slideshows.

Most bands would sound quite different after such major line-up change but overall feel of the new album Another Place is pretty much the same. Maggie Brown has a knack to make the horrid sound gentle in Plane Crash or make disappearing appealing in Void. Hulst's dreamy wavering vocals and Van Baren's dry drum sound are the dominant factors. Hulst played all the guitar bits - former guitarist Randy Derkhof can be heard on two of the tracks.

Maggie Brown: Hail to the Rain

Amsterdam indie guitar band Maggie Brown have unveiled Hail to the Rain, the first single from their second album Another Place. It's a slice of gentle, tender pop, with a lead guitar line that gets stuck inside your head and exquisite multilayered vocals. This what The Byrds would have sounded like if they had been around in the Nineties.

Maggie Brown: "Another Place" album release show in Amsterdam

Amsterdam indie guitar band Maggie Brown will celebrate the release of their second album Another Place (CD, vinyl, digital) with a hometown show @ De Nieuwe Anita on July 1st. The artwork, Monogorod III, was created by Aldo van den Broek.

Maggie Brown:
Marcel Hulst: vocals, guitar
Friso Schmid: keyboards
Thomas Dow: bass
Pascal van Baren: drums

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HCTF review of Maggie Brown.

Maggie Brown: crowdfunding campaign for new album "Another Place"

Amsterdam indie guitar band Maggie Brown have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their second album Another Place at Voordekunst.nl.

The tracks were recorded at the studio sound by Jan Schenk. They are aiming to raise € 2800 for mixing, mastering and releasing the album on CD and vinyl (they are at 2.335 with 24 days left tor reach the target).

Maggie Brown:
Marcel Hulst: vocals, guitar
Friso Schmid: keyboards
Thomas Dow: bass
Pascal van Baren: drums

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HCTF review of Maggie Brown.

Maggie Brown: Maggie Brown

Amsterdam based indie band Maggie Brown have found a middle ground between complexity and accessibility on their self-titled debut album. With elements of post-rock and a gift for intricate melodies they heap layer upon layer with the two guitars riding on top. Take note of the exquisite use of echo as an extension of Randy Derkhof's slide guitar. Lead singer Marcel Hulst can go up and the down scales without blinking an eye.

The pre-eminent mood of the songs is loneliness and trying to fit in: Atlantic is about feeling displaced in Hollywood; Permanent Resident Card is about crossing mental and geographical borders. Maggie Brown is a welcome addition to collections of smart indie pop. In years to come it might be considered a classic that outshines contemporary Dutch competitors like Moss. Let The Golden Age begin.

Maggie Brown:
Marcel Hulst: vocals, guitar, ukeleleh
Randy Derkhof: slide guitar
Pascal van Baren: drums
Freek Broekhuijsen: bass
Friso Schmid: piano

Maggie Brown is released thru Off Amsterdam. Buy it (CD, vinyl, digital) from their website.

Tracks:

1. Alaska (instrumental)
2. Because
3. Atlantic
4. Permanent Resident Card
5. Sunset Park
6. Pretty Delay
7. Queen Of England
8. The Golden Age
9. Vortex
10. New England
11. Stella

Live dates:

• 07/13 Amstelpark, Amsterdam
• 08/16 Wolfslaar Natuurpark, Breda
• 08/17 Erasmuspark, Amsterdam
• 09/12 De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam (Marcel solo)
• 09/20 De Bakkerij, Castricum
• 09/26 Paardcafé, Den Haag
• 09/28 Frankendael, Amsterdam (solo + Ear to the Ground)
• 10/03 Cafe Stiels, Haarlem
• 10/25 Paradiso (klein), Echten

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