MaxColeman
(Birmingham)
Thursday 30 Oct 2025, 5:31pm
Hi everyone, I’m a 31 year old singer and guitarist based in Birmingham, putting together a new band to play my material. The sound sits somewhere between The War On Drugs, Sam Fender, City & Colour, and The Paper Kites. Atmospheric, heartfelt indie rock with a big focus on emotional lyrics, and vocal harmony, that shape big dynamic moments.
The material is written and ready, but still open to creative suggestion. I’m looking for committed musicians, as it will be a minimum weekly rehearsal and once ready regular live performance. I’m after a drummer, bassist, guitarist, and keys player, ideally people with solid live and studio experience who take pride in playing tightly and musically. If you can sing, that’s a big plus, as vocal harmonies are a big part of the sound, and I will need at the very least, two of the instrumentalists to sing harmony.
Full band rehearsals will be in Birmingham city centre, and the goal is to rehearse with intent: tighten the songs, develop arrangements together, then move into recording and regular live performances. I also have good local industry and venue connections to help us hit the ground running once we’re ready.
If this sounds like something you’d want to be part of, get in touch and tell me a bit about yourself, your background, and any links to recordings or clips.
Here’s a link to a montage of various demos (of varying quality as some of them are older):
https://on.soundcloud.com/XyUGdCHcj8eJ6jLF6Y
and a full song:
https://on.soundcloud.com/EiJpmbcFUOnKx3u95R
Albums that have influenced my writing:
The Paper Kites - On The Corner Where You Live
The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore
Ruston Kelly - Shape & Destroy
Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles
Looking forward to finding the right people to build something genuine and exciting.
— Max