blackSUMMERS'night (2016)
Maxwell spent years searching for the perfect sound in his head. blackSUMMERS\'night shows the wait was worth it. Silky ribbons of organic R&B flutter out the speakers. Dark synths on “Hostage” and “The Fall” shows Maxwell moving with the times yet sounding positively timeless.
The cool, shimmering* blackSUMMERS’night *is probably Maxwell’s most cohesive effort since Embrya, fit to soundtrack sessions of sex so exquisite and transcendental, tantric comes off as boring.
The cool, shimmering* blackSUMMERS’night *is probably Maxwell’s most cohesive effort since Embrya, fit to soundtrack sessions of sex so exquisite and transcendental, tantric comes off as boring.
Brooklyn native Maxwell returns from a seven-year hiatus with blackSUMMERS'night, a self-assured and seductive album that could live forever.
Brooklyn native Maxwell returns from a seven-year hiatus with blackSUMMERS'night, a self-assured and seductive album that could live forever.
Maxwell's straight-up approach to soul music has both endeared him to R&B fans and solidified his standing with names like Marvin Gaye or Lu...
Maxwell's straight-up approach to soul music has both endeared him to R&B fans and solidified his standing with names like Marvin Gaye or Lu...
Maxwell has thrived quietly in the peripheries by repelling deconstruction, instead adding gradually and subtly to a successful practicum of soul music.
Maxwell has thrived quietly in the peripheries by repelling deconstruction, instead adding gradually and subtly to a successful practicum of soul music.