{"id":11757,"date":"2015-06-30T09:58:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T08:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=11757"},"modified":"2015-06-30T09:58:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T08:58:39","slug":"introducing-max-gowan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/06\/introducing-max-gowan\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Max Gowan"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Max<\/div>\n
\n

Although still only a senior in High School, Max Gowan nonetheless has the drive and determination to succeed. Having played guitar since the age of 8, Max has also studied jazz and music theory.<\/p>\n

Getting into metal when he was younger, he joined a thrash metal band made up of fellow Middle School students.<\/p>\n

Leaving the band, he started writing his own solo acoustic music, and released an EP, ‘Restless Heaven<\/a>‘, last year. This garnered some good reviews online, and saw Max gigging in coffeehouses in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Max has now written, recorded and mixed his new album, ‘Big People’, in his home studio – aka his bedroom. It’s Alt Rock\/Alt Pop, with influences including Wilco, Elliott Smith, Alex G, and Deerhunter.<\/p>\n

Recording in any spare time he had outside of school hours, Max plays all the instruments and provides all vocals on the album. It’s a beautiful album demonstrating Max’s considerable musical skill and artistry.<\/p>\n

We really liked ‘Window’, a shimmering track about people working out what they’re searching for.<\/p>\n

Lead track, ‘Rare Thing’ is reminiscent of 60s\u00a0So Cal pop with even the slightest hint of Nirvana.<\/p>\n

‘Face’, a Lo-Fi track that again has that 90s vibe, very pleasing. Max reminds us a bit of much missed\u00a0Irish band, The Thrills, whose debut album ‘So Much For The City’ carried a lot of the same sort of breezy summer feel about it.<\/p>\n

‘Big People’ is available as a digital download from Max’s Bandcamp site<\/a>. You can also find Max on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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