Press:

“What amazes me here is suddenly we are no longer in the artist’s beloved New York post Punk Loft dreamscape, but somewhere deep in that intellectual alt Americana that folks like Andrew Bird inhabit. It is fitting that this is the last song of this random journey, because the music is epic, growing, dense and like all that we have heard today, full of ideas, but never disregarding the raw emotion of it all.”
NBTMusic - The NBTMusic Review

“When we first checked out Max’s unique electro folk-rock sound we were really keen to interview him for Song Revelation so that we could showcase some of his work...Max Carmichael utilises evocative and experimental influences to create an unique, yet appealing, sound.”
Kevin Allen - Song Revelation

“When Max Carmichael moved to Silver City six years ago, he knew he had finally found that diverse, eclectic place that he'd been looking for. And funny enough, when Carmichael moved to town, he brought those same qualities -- and then some -- to Silver City with him.”
Aaron West - Silver City Sun-News

“Max Carmichael is the kind of guy you’ll want to swap stories with at your local watering hole… but not the kind of gentleman you want to find yourself in an argument with. This man has seen it all… from just about every angle. His bio captures it well: he’s a “Stanford-educated rocket scientist, boxcar-hopping hobo, urban bohemian and desert survivalist” who also happens to have a knack for creating some really refreshing folk rock music. Max Carmichael is living his Oscar-worthy life on his terms.”
Richie Frieman - Pen's Eye View

“Max Carmichael's unique blend of african and american guitar styles in "Moses of Indiana" is a heartfelt emotional and relevant piece of work that should attract new audiences wherever it infiltrates.”
MC Sparky - NBT Music Project

“Max's albums Promised Land and Take Me Up are #4 and #11 in NBT Music Radio's Top 50 Indie Albums of 2011. NBT is an eclectic internet station based in Berlin with listeners worldwide. The list also includes PJ Harvey, James Blake, Okkervil River, Wilco, Florence and the Machine, Kate Bush, My Morning Jacket, Chemical Brothers, and Bright Eyes.”
Martin Smit - NBT Music Radio

“Max Carmichael's unique blend of african and american guitar styles in 'Moses of Indiana' is a heartfelt emotional and relevant piece of work that should attract new audiences wherever it infiltrates.”
MC Sparky - NBT Music Radio

“NBT Music Radio featured Max's song Moses of Indiana as #4 on the Top Songs of 2011. The list also includes songs by PJ Harvey, James Blake, Wilco, and Laura Marling.”
Martin Smit - NBT Music Radio

“he is an explorer, guiding through the strange past, shooting forwards into a future that shapeshift shivers , motorcycle throb, falling glass tension, torchlight in the dark soothing sometimes,whispering sensual danger too. he plays with words,juggles images, combines the pop detachment of the new wave with the healthy intrusion of world rythmns he is the sly professor concocting joyful experiments, he flirts with new sounds old instruments, the electro, the ambient, the post punk he is ambitous, yet serene, giddy yet somehow always quite subtle he has two albums out at the same time and he is all over the NBTMusicRadio”
Martin Smit - NBT Music Radio

“At first I couldn't categorize this music. I like it, and some tracks I absolutely love, but I was hard pressed to say what kind of music it was. True, music doesn't have to have a category, but putting things in some form of order, giving them a label, is just something we humans do, and thus my conundrum. Then it struck me: for me, this is folk music. But not your parent's folk music. This is the folk music of our times, of today and just last week. Given how small the world is today, you'll find tracks reminiscent of distant lands, but there is also a sense of how important connections and community are in our world. A sense of longing and love of friendship and connection. Buy the CD, play it, then play it again while you're doing something else, like cooking or driving, and you'll find yourself singing along without even knowing - and in that sense we'll all be connected to the promised land.”
Le Capitaine - Amazon.com

“Creating art - music, visual art, writing, etc. - is the most rewarding thing I do. It's a paradox because it's sometimes hard to get started, and it's often a painful process, but when it's going well, and when it's done and you look back on it, it justifies all the hardship and makes you feel like you have a place in the world.”
Max Carmichael - Such Cool Stuff

“Growing up as I did, in a family and a culture that took these things for granted, I really had no sense of being special, and my parents didn't make a big thing of it either, because they were both aspiring artists and musicians. Back then, there wasn't the culture of celebrity, American Idol or whatever, nor was there the kind of pressure to excel that you find in a lot of educated families now. There's a great quote from Kurt Vonnegut that every family used to have its own entertainers, but now that we're so celebrity-conscious, we're ashamed to entertain ourselves.”
Max Carmichael - The Peverette Phile