Maintain is the sixth studio album by American rapcore band downset.

It is the band's first album to feature bassist Phillip Gonzales and drummer Bobby Blood.

Upon receiving the demo, the band's manager at the time, Scott Koenig, shopped the demos around to Nuclear Blast, and helped negotiate a deal with the label in summer 2021, which guirarist Rogelino Lozano called "a great deal on an awesome label.

"[2][3] After doing some pre-production at Downtown LA Rehearsal Studios (owned by Chris Poland), the band set to work in the studio with Terror drummer Nick Jett, with recording taking a total of three months.

It was amazing that we were able to pull all the work off that we did for this album through lockdown.”[2] "The Place To Be" was one the first songs written by the band with Bobby Blood and Phillip Gonzales.