Max Norton explores themes of longing, want and self-discovery by way of astrological imagery and emotive indie rock on his fourth solo providing ‘Comets’.

Max Norton – Comets

Opening the observe with a easy but transferring Americana-inspired guitar riff and the road ‘I’ve been ready up for you for a while’, Max Norton instantly evokes a wave of nostalgia each musically and lyrically. Regardless of the observe’s melancholic undertones and themes of feeling misplaced, Norton efficiently weaves in emotions of awe and marvel with the repeated astrological imagery of stars and comets, used to convey a way of separation and distance presumably inside himself or in a relationship.

Musically the observe is propelled alongside by an underlying vitality, held collectively by a gentle rhythm part which comes as no shock contemplating Norton’s credibility as an achieved drummer for artists equivalent to Olivia Jean and Benjamin Booker. The observe is sparsely embellished with twinkling piano notes and a ravishing array of flippantly distorted guitar riffs, paying homage to American indie giants equivalent to The Killers or the man Nashville-bred Kings of Leon.

The manufacturing on ‘Comets’ is uncooked but delicate with an actual DIY indie sound. Each facet of the music is ready to breathe with out feeling overpowering or drowned out, and Norton makes use of this to his benefit to point out off some spectacular falsetto vocals main as much as the refrain and within the tracks dreamy instrumental bridge.

Norton wears his American roots on his sleeve while exhibiting his love of UK competition tradition with a refrain of ‘Maintain onto me, don’t ever let me down’, that wouldn’t sound misplaced being shouted again to him by a Glastonbury or Studying competition crowd. Norton’s love of Glastonbury, and his fond reminiscences of taking part in gigs within the UK, are what impressed his transfer throughout the pond to London the place he now resides, so it solely appears becoming that ‘Comets’ options such an ideal festival-ready sing-along refrain, which can absolutely have audiences hooked at his upcoming debut reveals in London and the UK.

‘Regardless of the observe’s melancholic undertones and themes of feeling misplaced, Norton efficiently weaves in emotions of awe and marvel’

‘This observe is about being misplaced in your self and witnessing some cosmic occasions, whether or not you share the sighting of comets or not is as much as you…’ – Max Norton

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Phrases Harry Peters