Folk Meets Fury – Max Bartos Unleashes Country Punk in ‘Crossroads’

Max Bartos tore through the mediocrity of conventional folk with his latest single, Crossroads; though he hails from NYC, the twang that ripples through his riotous sonic signature screams pure country. Anyone with a penchant for firebrand folk that rallies against the confines of genre will find themselves hooked on Bartos’ knack for fusing 70s folk-pop pianos with a whirling dervish of frenetic alt-rock energy. There’s nothing docile about the way he marshals his instrumentals; the feverish pace commands your pulse to keep up or get lost in the slipstream. Within Crossroads, Bartos offers the rush of classic folk with punk’s pulsing mettle, channelling exhilaration that is only amplified by his youthful hunger for reinvention. His sound is the kind that leaves you breathless, battered, and glad for it, as the folk-punk melodies threaten to punch through the walls of the traditional and shake the dust from even the most jaded listeners. It’s not for the light-hearted; seriously, if you’re sporting a pacemaker, you might want to sit this one out. Max Bartos’ catalogue is a testament to his ceaseless evolution; since his 2020 debut, he’s moved from Broadway’s Sing Street to carving a space all his own with records […] The post Folk Meets Fury – Max Bartos Unleashes Country Punk in ‘Crossroads’ appeared first on A&R Factory.

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Max Bartos tore through the mediocrity of conventional folk with his latest single, Crossroads; though he hails from NYC, the twang that ripples through his riotous sonic signature screams pure country. Anyone with a penchant for firebrand folk that rallies against the confines of genre will find themselves hooked on Bartos’ knack for fusing 70s folk-pop pianos with a whirling dervish of frenetic alt-rock energy. There’s nothing docile about the way he marshals his instrumentals; the feverish pace commands your pulse to keep up or get lost in the slipstream. Within Crossroads, Bartos offers the rush of classic folk with punk’s pulsing mettle, channelling exhilaration that is only amplified by his youthful hunger for reinvention. His sound is the kind that leaves you breathless, battered, and glad for it, as the folk-punk melodies threaten to punch through the walls of the traditional and shake the dust from even the most jaded listeners. It’s not for the light-hearted; seriously, if you’re sporting a pacemaker, you might want to sit this one out. Max Bartos’ catalogue is a testament to his ceaseless evolution; since his 2020 debut, he’s moved from Broadway’s Sing Street to carving a space all his own with records […]

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