MAASSA is a rock band from Maastricht, the Netherlands, creating original music

combining progressive rock, alternative, indie, post-punk and pop since 2014. After

writing their first original songs they selected 10 of their best and organized a successful crowdfunding campaign to fund their first studio album. Produced by the London-based guitar virtuoso Niko Tsonev (ex Steven Wilson) the trio released their debut album Ginger Romance in 2016. In the next two and a half years they focused on promoting their music, playing yet more

live shows, that included both local festivals and national and international band-

competitions (Now or Never, Netherlands, and SPH Music Masters, Germany) and

writing more original music. By 2019 they were ready to record their new studio

production. The result is the 2020 EP Almost Angelical mixed, produced and mastered by Tommie Bonajo at Tomster Studios, with singles ‘Orange Hat’.

‘’What you can compare us to? Think of MUSE and the Foo Fighters and they make a baby. You will get a sense of what we do both in the studio and live’’.

MAASSA are:

Petar Petrov – guitar and vocals

Thomas Hardy – bass guitar and vocals

Nelson Waakop Reijers – drums, percussion and vocals

Joia Boode – vocals

Ties van Loon – synthesisers, guitar and vocals