The Maldives (band)

The Maldives
The Maldives performing at Ballard Seafood Fest.
Background information
Origin	Seattle, WA  United States
Genres	Alt-country, rock, country
Years active	2002 (2002)–present
Labels	unsigned
Website	http://themaldivesmusic.com/
Members	Jason Dodson Kevin Barrans Tim Gadbois Chris Warner Jesse Bonn Adam Bily Faustine Hudson
Past members	Ryan McMackin Chris Zache (The Head and the Heart) Tomo Nakayama (Grand Hallway) Seth Warren (Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, Sons of Warren Oates)

The Maldives are an alt-country band from Seattle, Washington known for sold-out live performances described by KEXP-FM as "transcendent". They have released three full-length albums and one EP. Their 2009 album Listen To The Thunder was rated the second best "Northwest Album" of 2009 by Sound on the Sound. Seattle radio station 90.3 KEXP described their most recent album, Muscle for the Wing, as having "a grittier, more guitar-oriented roots-rock sound." The Maldives regularly play in Seattle and throughout the West Coast and have performed at the Sasquatch!, Bumbershoot, South by Southwest, Capitol Hill Block Party, Treefort, and Doe Bay music festivals.

The Maldives provided live orchestration for the 1925 silent movie Riders of the Purple Sage as part of the 2010 Seattle International Film Festival and again for the 2013 festival, scoring the silent film "The Wind". They are based in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle and were filmed playing there as part of MTV's online series, $5 Cover: Seattle.

In addition to traditional rock instrumentation, the members of the band play banjo and accordion. Once described as "the best unsigned band in Seattle", The Maldives have released albums on Spark & Shine Records and Mt. Fuji Records.