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I ended up hearing just one song and it was enough to convince me to buy the album. That song was “For Science Fiction”, I bookmarked the wikipedia entry for their band just promising I’d check out after hearing their song on The Hype Machine’s radio. I eventually forgot about Maritime and when going through my bookmarks I totally forgot why I would bookmark them. I put “For Science Fiction” back onto my media player and I just went on the label’s website to order the album.

Anyway Maritime was formed from bands that broke up namely The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan. I never really listened to them before and like all new music I find, it’s random but I just dig deeper to find more stuff I like.

Maritime is considered a pop rock band but to me they have elements of punk sound that has me disagreeing with the label of “pop”. Heresy and the Hotel Choir switches back and forth from pop rock sounding to that pop punk sound. I don’t know if I like the transitions between the two but I would say most hate on the purely indie pop rock genre so it’s clear that Maritime is very talented. I feel like the change gave me a headache and I didn’t really feel that smooth consistency but I can like almost every song depending on the mood.

I’ll give this album a 3.75 out of 5. Solid, great vocals, shows some musical talent but I feel like it’s not clear as to what direction the band is going to and thus has my brain not digging the album as a whole.

First person to comment (with a valid e-mail) gets 12 free tracks from bands on the label Flameshovel including Maritime, The Narrator, Mannequin Men, The Race, The Subjects, Phon, Jonathan Messinger and Zach Plague.

Here are two tracks to check out (including my favorite “For Science Fiction”):

For Science Fiction By Maritime

Hand Over Hannover by Maritime