Riley Max

“'Year One,' a folk pop track that explores her personal struggles with mental and physical health. The music video fuses real-life segments with stop-motion animation.”

“The folk pop setting adds some warmth to the heavier subject matter, allowing some room for reflection without losing hope. ''Year One'' feels earnest and lived in, and its best moments come through emotional honesty.”

“The accompanied music video for "Year One" contains an animated segment that is currently on display at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, in their exhibit No Slop, No Second Screen: Animation–the hard-won image.”

“With "Pockets", Riley Max pens a song all about various emotive feelings and events that have come up for her in the last few years. The song is a powerful meditation on growth, gratitude, and the emotional weight of moving forward.”

“Year One's video combines fragments of Max's real life with stop-motion animation, a technique she began exploring at Harvard. The project extends the idea of ​​transformation into another creative language.”

“Pockets, is a warm, folk-infused indie pop track that reflects her personal and artistic growth. Written over the course of three years, the song explores change, gratitude, and resilience.”

“Her songwriting carries the reflective warmth of classic folk while retaining an understated indie-pop sensibility.”