KEXP Seattle — Since pairing up in 2014, Mazes frontman Jack Cooper and Veronica Falls vocalist/guitarist James Hoare have continued to enchant us as Ultimate Painting. While in town for the Capitol Hill Block Party (review here), the London duo (accompanied by tou... more info

Stereogum — It’s been less than a year since the dreamy UK rock duo Ultimate Painting released their sophomore LP Green Lanes, but they’ve just announced plans to come back with another album called Dusk. The band, whose members come from the bands Mazes and... more info

Impose Magazine — Mercury Girls have cultivated something huge, their brand of pop reformatting all manner of dreamy influences from the past few decades into a sound that’s bright and blown-out. It’s hard to believe that the Philadelphia five-piece—who share a ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — With James Haore's other band, Ultimate Painting, taking off, Veronica Falls quietly ceased to be, apparently. The group's other singer/guitarist, Roxanne Clifford, has launched a new solo project called Patience that finds her trading in g... more info

Stereogum — Roxanne Clifford used to lead Veronica Falls, the very good UK indie-pop group. These days, under the name Patience, she makes spacey, expansive synthpop with a serious Italo-disco influence. “The Church,” Clifford’s first single as Patience, i... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Patience is the new solo synth-pop project of Roxanne Clifford, the former frontwoman of beloved London indie-pop group Veronica Falls. The gorgeous lead single and a-side from her debut 7" is a wistfully bittersweet dance-floor anthem that possesses... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ultimate Painting @ CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Ultimate Painting, aka Jack Cooper from Mazes and James Haore from Veronica Falls, released their appealing debut album this year via Trouble in Mind and were last in the U.S. during... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Couple of dudes get together to bash out a few ramshackle indie rock songs and they end up sounding like the Velvet Underground. Sure, what James Hoare of Veronica Falls and Jack Cooper of Mazes are doing he... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Ultimate Painting, the band from Veronica Falls' James Hoare and Jack Cooper of Mazes, are here in NYC for CMJ and they've got a lot of shows while here. The band's eponymous debut album is out next... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, Ultimate Painting (aka James Hoare of Veronica Falls and Jack Cooper of Mazes) will release their debut album next month via Trouble in Mind. They've shared a second track from the album, "Winter in Your Heart," which... more info