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Maverick were this awesome folky-pop band from QLD; a bunch of Christian guys who wrote some amazing music.

I went to a multi-band gig at The [now defunct] Attic a few years, mainly to see Wishful Thinking, I think. And a friend said that I needed to come upstairs and watch Maverick, that I would love them. And I did. I got their album, teacuppostcard, and have loved listening to it since. Only a small handful of their songs are written in 4/4 time… everything else is in at least 6/8, or even weirder timing like 5/4. Makes for some brilliant music.

And then the other week, I realised that there hadn’t been much on the radar for them and I wondered if they’d released new music. And I jumped on their website, only to find out they’d called it a day. Disappointing… but it seems to be the way a lot of young, Australian, independent bands – Wishful Thinking, Sounds Like Chicken, Antiskeptic, The Frugals, Crying Out Loud.

But they did record an EP of some new songs, which I was excited about getting my hands on yesterday. Still very much the same relaxed, folky feel of their own genre… but new. And I loved listening to it this morning.

If you get a chance, grab a copy of their self-titled album from Koorong - it’s a re-release of the teacuppostcard album with a couple of extra tracks.

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