Maid Myriad

"With Haste On Its Breath" is massive, melodic, introspective, and tortured, like a wonderful dream that quickly metamorphasizes into the kind of nightmare that continues to rattle and haunt you even after you awaken, stuck to your psyche like gum to the bottom of a shoe." - Metal Sucks

"Maid Myriad, which calls its music “kaleidoscope rock” thankfully digs deeper and further back into the ’90s recalling the intricate, herky-jerky dynamics and start-stop riffs of bands such as Sunny Day Real Estate and At the Drive-In and heavier contemporary proggy bands such as Tool and The Mars Volta, minus the 10-minute songs." - Akron Beacon Journal

“With Haste on its Breath is a wondrous collection of songs [that] are beautiful, yet sorrowful; tinged with a harder edge, but very delicate and harmonious." - Prog Archives

“With Haste On Its Breath twirls through progressive rock and post-hardcore with a refreshing sense of otherness. There are obvious influences at play – the darker, quieter corners of Deftones’ work, Cave In’s later, more melodic days, a smattering of Tool’s art-metal rhythms, a touch of Mars Volta when frontman Jeff Klemm lets rip with the falsetto, and the grit and raw emotion of mid-90s post-hardcore personified by the likes of Jawbox and Sunny Day Real Estate. But in pooling all of these influences together, [MAID MYRIAD] created an album that exists purely in its own little world, and quite lovely it is, too." - Team Rock

"Slowly uncoiling, building from a gentle, theatrical intro into an explosive modern rock masterpiece by the end, “Be Careful What You Wish For” is just an example of MAID MYRIAD’s awesome dexterity displayed on the moving twelve-song With Haste On Its Breath. The trio fuses an endless array of genres into a unique, hook-strewn rock amalgam of their own, and on the album, creates an hour-long opus that is as beautiful as it is contagious." - Earsplit Compound

"Jeff Klemm has to be one of the best singers within this style. He was definitely very spot on live." - No Clean Singing

"The track’s dream-like verses, driving riffs that close out the track and Jeff Klemm’s near angelic vocals are sure to be stuck in your head all day. In fact, we guarantee that." - American Aftermath

With a dozen new songs radiating with the band’s most exceptionally-crafted songwriting through their most expansive and explosive material to date, With Haste On Its Breath is an hour-long opus that is as beautiful as it is infectious. Bursting with influences from a gamut of rock subgenres, one can hear elements of Sense Field, Serpico, Sunny Day Real Estate and others born of the 1990s post-hardcore/emo circuit, massive alternative rock elements of Dredg, later Cave In and the mellowest aspects of the Dillinger Escape Plan’s more recent recordings, relentless creativity on the level of Tool and Mike Patton’s catalog and so on, all seamlessly honed and brought to vibrant life with a passionate, dynamic, clean vocal delivery. - Earsplit Compound

Meet the Band: Jeff Klemm (vocals, guitars), Greg Meisenberg (drums), Mario Tonathy (bass)

Straight Outta Akron: The indie rock/metal band first formed way back in 2007 when it released two EPs, but the line-ups have shifted constantly during that time. "We've been through so many different line-up changes," admits Klemm. "In December of 2012, I asked the guys in my band if they could drop everything and tour for six months, sleeping on floors and getting paid next to nothing. The answer was no. I fired my whole band because I knew I would go full-steam in 2013." Last year, Klemm self-booked a five-week tour and saw Meisenberg's band, the Fucking Elephant, along the way. He was so impressed, he asked Meisenberg to join Maid Myriad. "He lives in New Jersey so when it came time to record, I packed as much gear as I could into my Toyota Corolla and drove out there," Klemm says. "We made the record in six weeks in March of 2013."

They Love It Loud: Much like Incubus, the band plays a mix of atmospheric metal and hard-driving rock. As a result, the group fits on a variety of different bills. "We do really well on metal shows because we're heavy live but we're not a metal band," says Klemm. "We're just louder than most five-piece bands. We're versatile and we tailor our sets."

Why You Should Hear Them: The band goes for the esoteric and atmospheric on its new album, With Haste on Its Breath. Klemm wails on the album opener "Encircled." Elsewhere, the songs stay true to "kaleidoscope rock," the term the band has used to describe its neo-progressive rock. Heavily textured songs such as "Camera Eye" and "Dance by the Moonlight" have elements of Mars Volta. But the group slows things down for the simmering "Be Careful What You Wish For" and "Waiting for December," showing it can capably change gears. "I like lush sonic soundscapes, so there are lots of guitar overdubs and weird sounds that I threw in there so the album will sound good on headphones," Klemm says. "We were going for heavy and wanted that edge." For this weekend's CD release show at the Kent Stage, the band will play the album in its entirety. Klemm also says the band has started writing songs for its next album.

Where You Can Hear Them: facebook.com/maidmyriad

Where You Can See Them: Maid Myriad performs their new record "With Haste On Its Breath" live in its entirety with the band Simeon Soul Charger at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Kent Stage. - Cleveland Scene Magazine

"Superb instrumentation fills each crevice and moves effortlessly throughout the structure of each song. The vocal performance leaves nothing on the table, delivering a convincing range that stops just short of over the top." - Saw*Kick Media

"Their music acts like liquid plumber for your subconscious, un-clogging the stale musical residue for an instantaneous shot of oomph." - Saw*Kick Media