New LP 'When I Cross It Off' is out now on Mashed Potato Records and Perpetual Doom!
vinyl and tapes come with an illustrated lyric booklet featuring all of the album art by Rae Buleri!
risographed printed in New Orleans by Max Seckel






When I Cross it Off is an album about big things and little things - - grief, heartbreak, new love, sex, making coffee, walking dogs, and getting through your day, one task at a time. Max Bien Kahn approaches universal themes like processing loss and falling in love with a sense of levity that reveals an underlying wisdom: in the wake of grief, ultimately it's the embracing of the little, everyday pleasures that brings happiness back into your life. As such, this album was made more so for dancing than quiet contemplation - - with shakers, tambourines, and bongos featuring heavily alongside lap steel, organ, vocal harmonies, and the occasional horn section. Enlisting frequent collaborator Duff Thompson to co-produce alongside him, Bien Kahn employed minimal gear to create a live sound peppered with experimental tones, designed to bring some levity and rhythm into the listener's life, too.
watch Dauphine Street Sessions
a live session shot by Noe Cugny in New Orleans
Max's second LP All the Same released March 2021 on Perpetual Doom records
limited vinyl and tapes are available here

Please Hold On/Love on Vacation 7" vinyl
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