he's saying the single is out this week https://twitter.com/_MAXWELL_/status/716997798714089472
― J0rdan S., Monday, 4 April 2016 14:39 (eight years ago) link
Yessss! I was just immersing myself (that's the only way to properly describe it) in Embrya last night.
― Hey (Extended Mix), Monday, 4 April 2016 18:42 (eight years ago) link
new album is out july 1
https://twitter.com/_MAXWELL_/status/718288719262978048
― J0rdan S., Friday, 8 April 2016 04:07 (eight years ago) link
Already psyched to hear blacksummers'NIGHT around this time next decade.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 8 April 2016 04:11 (eight years ago) link
well he says in that tweet its out july 1 so
― just sayin, Friday, 8 April 2016 04:14 (eight years ago) link
Nah, that's blackSUMMERS'night.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 8 April 2016 04:15 (eight years ago) link
ha whoops
― just sayin, Friday, 8 April 2016 04:16 (eight years ago) link
There's a video of him on his Facebook page of him listening to the new single and it's the most awkward thing.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 8 April 2016 04:58 (eight years ago) link
this song is great
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 8 April 2016 05:16 (eight years ago) link
god i'm so excited
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 8 April 2016 05:28 (eight years ago) link
yeah pumped 4 this
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Friday, 8 April 2016 06:20 (eight years ago) link
yessss
― dyl, Friday, 8 April 2016 06:52 (eight years ago) link
wait is the new single out bc i'm not going to have my experience of it be a facebook video of him listening to it
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 8 April 2016 07:00 (eight years ago) link
yeah its out
― just sayin, Friday, 8 April 2016 12:15 (eight years ago) link
its on spotify
― just sayin, Friday, 8 April 2016 12:17 (eight years ago) link
this sounds effortless
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 April 2016 12:50 (eight years ago) link
oh my god this is gorgeous
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 8 April 2016 14:00 (eight years ago) link
between maxwell, tweet and king it's shaping up to be a great year for old people soul vibes
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 8 April 2016 14:01 (eight years ago) link
man the finale. I am floored.
― Evan R, Friday, 8 April 2016 14:09 (eight years ago) link
yesss
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 8 April 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
s/o to the hi hat lick at :50
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 8 April 2016 16:00 (eight years ago) link
always so understated but so perfect
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Friday, 8 April 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/9nJkGH80suo
Man, this has been a long time coming!
First of all, I'm really happy that this thing is actually happening. Maxwell has meant so much to me throughout my adult life. In fact, it's not much of a stretch to say that his music is part of what shaped me into an adult to begin with.
Onto the song. . . It's just master craftsmanship. Listening to his new music has always given me the impression of watching a sculptor at work. You're not really sure where all the movements and little, seemingly insignificant, iterations will fit into the larger whole until the piece is finished. I love that. It's so layered and thoughtful, without sounding overcooked. Just top gear, all the way.
Definitely my most anticipated release of the year.
― Austin, Friday, 8 April 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
POO: Maxwell vs DNCE
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Friday, 8 April 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
CHRIST, THIS IS GORGEOUS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2a85v0yxoY
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 3 June 2016 05:19 (seven years ago) link
yes
― Spottie, Friday, 3 June 2016 06:49 (seven years ago) link
mmmmm that coda
― Spottie, Friday, 3 June 2016 06:51 (seven years ago) link
Visuals for lake by the ocean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsSu0bRZEHM
― Spottie, Friday, 3 June 2016 06:59 (seven years ago) link
WE WILL CLIMAX WITH REASON
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 June 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link
[fans self] damn that is game
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 June 2016 13:31 (seven years ago) link
the arrangements on these songs are wild
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 3 June 2016 13:47 (seven years ago) link
there's so much detail yet it's so coherently woven into a composed surface that it sort of feels like watching sand shift
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 3 June 2016 13:51 (seven years ago) link
also psyched for this record bc i need new records with amazing drumming in my life rn
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 3 June 2016 13:52 (seven years ago) link
distracted by the clearly-not-Chris-Dave old dude on drums in the video, so here's some Chris Dave: https://www.instagram.com/p/BFiUAcbPiGf/
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 3 June 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
chris dave is so good
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 3 June 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
i thought i knew what he was doing in that video and it turns out: i didn't
The new song is good; reminiscent of 'Stop the World' from BLACKsummers'night — think I prefer 'Lake by the Ocean' though.
― Austin, Sunday, 5 June 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
trying to determine what the timpani and choral vocals remind me of. rotary connection? they give it such a haunted feeling
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 June 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, definitely a semi-spooky Rotary Connection "baroque soul" vibe to this new tune.
― Austin, Sunday, 5 June 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/9901-maxwell-hostage-of-love/
this interview makes me very excited to hear the album
possibly more excited than the album will make me
good album cover though
― StillAdvance, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
though tbh, the first single sounds very much like post-00 maxwell. hes really become kind of a sade artist. he basically does one thing, does it well, but doesnt really shift much anymore, not in the way he did from UHS to embrya. i think his melodies used to be stronger too, which might just be as a result of not working with stuart matthewman anymore.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:58 (seven years ago) link
imo this album is way different texturally from any of his other work. melodically it is recognizably maxwell ofc
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 13 June 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
also he totally still works with matthewman
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 13 June 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
I prefer post-00 Maxwell so I am excited
― Evan R, Monday, 13 June 2016 15:06 (seven years ago) link
matthewmann worked on the new one? he wasnt on the last one.
"melodically it is recognizably maxwell ofc"
i think his melodies changed quite a bit after now. what ive heard of the new one - just whats on YT - sounds very much in line with the last album.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 13 June 2016 15:14 (seven years ago) link
I think now and BLACKsummer'snight share a lot more than now does with embrya. his compositions have shifted yeah but I think they're generally more open and uh dimensional? since embrya, not to take away from how awesome and immersive that album is. i think the more useful songwriting relationship to observe re: maxwell is how his songs with hod david have evolved
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 13 June 2016 15:25 (seven years ago) link
I think the Matthewmann stuff has a much looser, jammy feel. The songs have room for extra flourishes, solos, etcetera.
In contrast, the Hod David stuff feels much more (to use a word that may have negative connotations) inflexible. There are still strings and horn charts, but everything has its specific part to play and that's it.
Both sounds have their pros and cons.
― Austin, Monday, 13 June 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
Am I the only person who much prefers Now to Embrya? I feel like that record doesn't get much respect even though it is incredible
― Evan R, Monday, 13 June 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
Embrya is his worst.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
never said it was a GOOD move from UHS to embrya
― StillAdvance, Monday, 13 June 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link