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mxmtoon
drops surprise new single
‘coming of age’
+ New album
rising
out next Friday May 20th
on AWAL
+ First ever Australian Tour
– October 2022
On Sale Now
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Photo Credit: Brett Warren
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“…a Bedroom Pop Empire in the Making”
– THE NEW YORK TIMES
“mxmtoon is an 18-year old singer-songwriter from Oakland who’s amassed a sizable following on Twitter and YouTube on the strength of her endearingly intimate presence”
– NPR
“The internet belongs to mxmtoon”
– i-D
“Hyper-relatable tunes from YouTube sensation turned pop star”
– NME
“Hooking into online culture with her diary-like lyricism, Maia crafts twinkling gems”
– DIY
“…an absolutely killer mid-tempo melody that’s a little reminiscent of Billie Eilish — but no matter what name she’s working under, ,mxmtoon/Maia is fully her own artist.”
– VARIETY
“On the masquerade, which features songs written over the last two years, she’s offering the most polished picture of herself yet. And it’s one that, like all of her music, succeeds based on her candor and intelligence.”
– NYLON
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mxmtoon will be releasing her hotly anticipated new album rising next Friday. In anticipation mxmtoon is today dropping a surprise track ‘coming of age‘ as a preview treat for fans. The song is already a crowd favourite on her current North American tour and now fans worldwide can enjoy it.
mxmtoon mastermind Maia tells us “I started focusing on mxmtoon when I was seventeen. Four years have passed since then, and I’ve grown up and changed so much since being the teenager that started all of this. ‘coming of age’ is about the growth I’ve experienced between writing, producing, and personally understanding the individual I know myself to be currently. It’s a strange experience having thousands of people watch you grow up and enter your twenties, and it felt necessary to make a song that simultaneously celebrates the uncertainty of self discovery but can find confidence in growth. My hope is that ‘coming of age’ establishes that mxmtoon is always changing, just as I am myself.”
The 21 year old recently sat down with Variety as part of a very special Live From My Den series where she spoke about the upcoming album and her craft in general. mxmtoon also delivered an enchanting stripped back live performance, you can watch the performance and full episode in here.
mxmtoon is currently on her first North American tour in almost 3 years. The shows have been a welcomed live return for the singer-songwriter who is purely captivating live. In October, mxmtoon will head down under for her first ever Australian tour playing all ages venues in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. For tour and ticket information please visit https://scrtsnds.com/
Maia says on coming to Australia: “i’m so excited to be able to come to australia this october! i’ve been wanting to play shows there for so long and it feels crazy that it’s finally able to happen. i am scared of the bugs though, i heard they are really big, so i may need some help :)”
In one week rising will be officially out into the world, it’s a triumphant return and shows a new, more dynamic and highly danceable side of the 21-year-old artist. It’s hard to believe only four years have passed since Maia’s self-made songs and videos began shaping a new sort of star through mxmtoon. But at least two of those years have, of course, passed like decades, each packed with enough worry and woe and loss and hope to catalyse ageing at large. And so it goes with rising, mxmtoon’s bold and compelling and wise second album, a 12-song set that looks at the hardest lessons of these recent dark days and opts to surge forward through triumphs of pop-and-disco confessionalism.
Already released songs ‘sad disco‘, ‘mona lisa‘ and ‘victim of nostalgia‘ gives fans an exciting preview of the musical journey mxmtoon is embarking on. This is the music she needed to make and hear after those years that felt like decades, after growing enough to know this is what other people might need, too. These songs collectively argue that growth is never done, that rising is just one of many restarts and beginnings to come.
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Tour Dates
Tuesday 4th October – Recital Centre, Melbourne
Thursday 6th October – Metro Theatre, Sydney
Sunday 9th October – Triffid, Brisbane
Tuesday 11th October – The Tuning Fork, Auckland
Tickets HERE on sale now
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mxmtoon ‘victim of nostalgia’ – OUT NOW
mxmtoon – rising – pre-save here
rising
Tracklisting
1. mona lisa
2. learn to love you
3. victim of nostalgia
4. sad disco
5. frown
6. florida
7. scales
8. growing pains
9. dizzy
10. haze
11. dance (end of the world)
12. coming of age
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