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11 March 2024
Artist: MAX BLANSJAAR
Who: Up and coming 21-year-old singer-songwriter born in Amsterdam, raised in Oxford based now in Brooklyn. He first appeared on the Oxford scene in 2018, aged 15, promoting shows in all-ages venues, recording sessions for BBC Radio Oxford, appearing on local magazine covers, and releasing his playfully sincere lo-fi indie pop songs through bandcamp.
New single: ANNA MADONNA
First shared piece of his upcoming 10-track debut album,
named False Comforts, out on June 21. More info here.
Blansjaar: “It’s not easy out there. It hurts! Sometimes you want to lash out, renounce
all ties, retreat into yourself. Trust nobody; pull the plug on them all. ‘Anna Madonna’ is a manifesto to say that we stay standing by holding each other through the storm. There is no cosmic conspiracy, no grand plan — frightening, tiresome, but above all a reminder to hold on to what we have. I wrote the words on a Post-It note which I stuck to my bedside table and left there until a melody appeared. It is best sung in front of mirrors and on school playgrounds.“
TUTV: New York‘s pop darlings Vampire Weekend have their new, 5th album
out in April and they just shared new single Anna Madonna. Well, that’s what
my trustworthy ears tell me.
They’re definitely not wrong about the comparable Ezra Koenig resonance, but it’s
Brooklyn-based songwriter Max Bansjaar who’s responsible for making my day with
this frolicsome tune that flutterers around in my head like a happy-go-lucky butterfly
for a while now.
Don’t take anything on anybody out, people. Just don’t worry, be happy,
invite your madcap friends and treat you with this sweet little pop gem.
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