If you’re looking for a new independent acoustic artist to add to your playlist, look no further than Nick Maxwelles. The singer, songwriter, and producer stems from a small town in London Ontario, and is creating tracks that could soundtrack all of your late night drives or rainy summer days. On January 17th, he put out his second release let me pay for your soup, please, in collaboration with singer Marissa Allen.
The track is reminiscent of Los Campesinos, with the acoustic guitar and Maxwelles’ vocals providing the foundation for the tracks entirety, and Allens vocals with a trumpet providing a backing layer. Though simplistic, the track conveys a range of emotions, with a bold start with a striking guitar, Maxwelles’ dominating vocals, and slight background shouting. It comes across as if listeners have entered into the climax of the track, spending the remainder of the song winding down from the initial outburst until we reach a soft, bittersweet ending, where Allens vocals appear more prominent. These two halves of the track are seemingly bridged together by a small guitar riff, which showcases Maxwelles ability to create more than simple strumming patterns.
When observing the lyrics, they read more like poetry in comparison to being made up with strong one liners and filler words. It appears as if the lyrics had been written prior to actual music, offering this unique style that is typically only seen within folk-punk artists. The title of the track- let me pay for your soup, please - ties into the poetic scheme of the lyrics, as it comes across as a direct response to the opening line “I fear “thank you’s” not enough to show my gratitude for you”. Whether Maxwelles intended this or not, they make the title seem as if paying for the muses soup would be one of the ways they could express their gratitude. It’s a sweet interpretation, especially as soup is typically seen as a comfort food, and the muse has been described as “a comfort beyond belief”.
Despite this track being the first Maxwelles and Allen have released together, both vocalists have collaborated before. In Maxwelles’ track ‘l’appel du vide’, there are feminine background vocals that are strikingly similar to Allens. From a more public approach, prior to their release, the two put out a cover on Instagram of Gracie Abrams ‘Risk’, which perfectly displays Allen’s raw vocals and Maxwelles’ acoustic guitar skills. This cover was met with great praise, and their newly released track should get nothing less.
You can listen to let me pay for your soup, please now on Spotify, Apple Music, and Youtube.
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