Mazy

Mazy are a Sydney psych-indie trio who treat big feelings like they belong in big rooms. Fronted by Ben Tierney with Tim Grimes and Sam Clayton holding down keys, percussion and bass, they came up through Sydney’s live circuit before locking in as Mazy and signing to Sweat It Out, the same label family as Anna Lunoe, Crooked Colours and Dom Dolla.

On record they lean into a woozy Brit-rock streak filtered through indie pop instincts: early tracks like Heliar and Enemies flagged the vibe, while Flowers, Interstella and Each Night pushed them toward something more cinematic and dance-leaning without losing the band feel. You can hear the psych influence, but the hooks feel purpose-built for festival afternoons and sweaty club stages rather than retro cosplay.

You Got Me, the song they bring to Mood on the Roof, is the one that really cracked things open. Released in 2021, it arrived as this neon-lit, psych-Brit single that Australian press tagged as “magnetic” and “raw and aggressive”, all build and release, all tension and payoff. The W.A.M. Bleakley-directed video, shot on Kodak 16mm and starring AACTA-winner Toby Wallace, painted it as a story of a chaotic friendship crew tearing through industrial fringes, all bad decisions and charged loyalty.

On the roof, You Got Me strips away some of that film-stock grit and lands closer to the source: tight rhythm section, vocals sitting just on the edge of coming undone, that chorus looping like a thought you cannot shake. It feels less like a studio single and more like a late-night confession yelled across a rooftop, still glowing from Sydney’s psych-pop undercurrent but grounded in a live band in full swing.

Each member of the psych-rock outfit, Mazy, spent years ducking in and out of bands in Sydney’s music circles. But none clicked as effortlessly as the Mazy project.

“I feel like, when we came together and locked into this trio, everything else just became not as good. It became very clear, really quickly, that this was a better project,” says Ben Tierney, lead vocalist.

After 12 months spent redefining their sound, Mazy has burst back onto the scene with their anthemic latest single, “You Got Me”. This unforgettable track fuses rock and psychedelic influences into a colourful explosion of sound.

‘You Got Me’ was written about feelings of unrequited love for someone who doesn’t reciprocate them, and the message was trying to grow from it. It’s like, no matter what you do, you’ve got me, and it’s not necessarily a good thing, but it’s the way it is,” says Ben, who championed the songwriting on the track.

In this week’s Mood on the Roof, let Mazy hypnotise you with their magnetic live performance of “You Got Me”.