BIO:
American music has been in a post-punk state for years - Max Burgundy is ready to lead the nostalgia parade to the starting line of post-hip hop America. Hailing from the Bronx, the genre’s birthplace - but currently residing in Brooklyn, home to the new arts movement in NYC - who better to do so than someone who has been down since its inception? Raised by a lone wolf of a single mother, petty street violence, John Singleton movies and the only genre he's ever known, Max Burgundy has never stopped paying attention to himself and his surroundings, and it shows.
With a sound described by some as equal parts Slug, MURS and Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Max Burgundy has a stage presence that is neither subtle nor ordinary. Max brings the emotion and anxiety of a tortured adolescence and early adulthood to his music and performance art. The result is an analysis of what it's like to be part of the last generation that will remember life before facebook, cell phones, the internet and Dawson's Creek.
A true Lost Boy at heart, Max's rebel cry "Oreos for Breakfast" is a play on his self determination. He makes his own choices and encourages others to do the same. It's also a celebration of his biracial roots - and a celebration of the women who want to celebrate him the morning after.
Oreos for Breakfast! Until the Mayans tell us to stop!
Max Burgundy has shared the stage with:
Das Racist*BLAMBLAM*Gordon Voidwell*Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds*Antibalas*Chico Mann*Ana Tijoux *Atmosphere*Eyedea(RIP) & Abilities *MURS*Living Legends*Pitbull*Twin Shadow*and others
Max has collaborated with esteemed producers OMEN (Drake, Lil Wayne, Ludacris), KHRYSIS!!! (9th Wonder, The Away Team, Little Brother) Cookin Soul (Nipsey Hustle, 50 Cent), and the Fyre Dept (Adam Deitch, 50 Cent, Talib Kweli). He has played shows throughout the U.S. as well as in Mexico.
CONTACT:
MELISSA NASTASI
LINKS:
BANDCAMP
TUMBLR
TOUR:
June 29th – New York, NY - Tammany Hall 11pm
PRESS:
“...the disc is a mix of light and heavy — ruminations about the hipster girls in his new home in Brooklyn (“I wanna ride you like a fixed gear”) to flashbacks to a rough childhood (“We were broken, broken boy, broken toy, no Geppetto, child of the ghetto”), to a modern thorough-line of social media (“Now you poke me on Facebook, write up on my wall, asking me to call”).”
- Mashable.com
“Max Burgundy [...] takes on the complexities of the world within his rhymes but refuses to forget about life’s simple pleasures.”
- CMJ
“ He’s like the missing member of Living Legends transplanted to the birthplace of the art, his deep baritone calling out to the masses to join him in the march towards global unification.”
- Deli Mag.
“ The EP’s single “Hey Love!” is filled with chirping birds, delicate chimes, and a thumping bass. Everything adding up to one thing – pure spring music.”
- Heave Media