Jazzy UK art-rock band Maruja joins influences as disparate as Kamasi Washington, Swans, and Kendrick Lamar with the spirit of underground UK postrock and electronic music. Founded in 2014 by Mancunian college friends Harry Wilkinson (vocals and guitar) and Matt Buonaccorsi (bass), the group went through some growing pains and lineup shifts in their early years, and they don’t consider their first three EPs representative of their sound anymore. In 2019 they settled on their current four-piece lineup, which adds Joe Carroll (alto saxophone and vocals) and Jacob Hayes (drums), and focused on pushing their craft to the next level. In a 2024 interview with Balkan Rock , the bandmates describe rehearsing 20 to 30 hours per week, which they kept up for years—when they stopped in 2023, it was

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