A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching ("unicursal") patterns that lead unambiguously through a convoluted layout to a goal. (The term "labyrinth" is generally synonymous, but also can connote specifically a unicursal pattern.) The pathways and walls in a maze are typically fixed, but puzzles in which the walls and paths can change during the game are also categorised as mazes or tour puzzles.
Mazes have been built with walls and rooms, with hedges, turf, corn stalks, hay bales, books, paving stones of contrasting colors or designs, and brick, or in fields of crops such as corn or, indeed, maize. Maize mazes can be very large; they are usually only kept for one growing season, so they can be different every year, and are promoted as seasonal tourist attractions. Indoors, Mirror Mazes are another form of maze, in which many of the apparent pathways are imaginary routes seen through multiple reflections in mirrors. Another type of maze consists of a set of rooms linked by doors (so a passageway is just another room in this definition). Players enter at one spot, and exit at another, or the idea may be to reach a certain spot in the maze. Mazes can also be printed or drawn on paper to be followed by a pencil or fingertip.
Mazes are an English indie rock band, formed in Manchester in 2009. The band consists of Jack Cooper on vocals and guitar, Conan Roberts on bass and Neil Robinson on drums. Mazes are signed to FatCat Records.
Mazes was initially a recording project for Blackpool born singer-songwriter Jack Cooper, following the split of The Beep Seals which he co-fronted with former Alfie guitarist Ian Smith and originated as a live backing band for Jim Noir. He recruited Jay Sikora and Jarin Tabata in 2009 to tour. The band released two 7" singles with Brighton's Sex Is Disgusting Records. Neil Robinson soon joined as a permanent drummer alongside Conan Roberts on bass. A 30 song tape cassette called IBB Tape released on Robert's own label Italian Beach Babes, and a 7" single released on Jack Cooper's label Suffering Jukebox (Cenetaph/Go-Betweens), caught the eye of Brighton's Fatcat Records and the band signed with them towards the end of 2010.
When the world is so unkind,
Gibs are down and I couldn’t won,
I say Jose in mind, I say Jose in mind.
An old name that cheers me up
When my dreams are not enough
I say Jose in mind, I say Jose in my mind.
I say Jose in my mind,
I say Jose in my mind.
All the world is sad, I cry,
Everything I wanted is refusing to be mine.
But I say Jose in mind, I say Jose in my mind.
Feels me with a world of love inside,
Snatch other words and I subside.