{"id":5083,"date":"2021-06-01T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2021-06-01T18:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:12:19","slug":"gimme-5-stella-maxwell-of-stella-and-the-very-messed-and-cruiserweight-shares-5-records-that-influenced-the-marigold-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/01\/gimme-5-stella-maxwell-of-stella-and-the-very-messed-and-cruiserweight-shares-5-records-that-influenced-the-marigold-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme 5! Stella Maxwell Of Stella And The Very Messed (And Cruiserweight) Shares 5 Records That Influenced The Marigold EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"With\u00a0\u2018Gimme 5!\u2019<\/a>\u00a0we take a peek into the collections of artists we admire. The premise is simple: artists WE like share 5 records THEY love.<\/em><\/p>\n

There was an instant familiarity when I first heard the Marigold<\/em> EP by Stella And The Very Messed. It all made sense when I found out that Stella Maxwell of Cruiserweight fronts The Very Messed. Cruiserweight<\/a> was a pop punk band from Austin that had a great run in the first decade of the 2000s, and the distinct voice of Maxwell was (is!) one of the draws of that band. Together with Cruiserweight alumn Dave Hawkins, she started this new project which is not pop punk, but semi-acoustic and equal parts indie pop, ’90s alternative and americana. It’s more layered and, for lack of a better word, more mature than the music of Cruiserweight, but just as accessible an enjoyable. It’s the kind of music Maxwell’s voice seems made for. In addition to Maxwell and Hawkins, the band also includes Chris Nine (Karaoke Apocalypse, Manhole) and Donnie Adkinson (The Letters Organize, Whores), with Nik Snell (The Cutaway) and Sam Rich (Black Books) recent additions for live shows.<\/p>\n

The video for lead single, and my personal favorite on the EP, The Feeling<\/em> premieres today. The video is an arts and crafts stop-motion piece of creative brilliance. Sonically, The Feeling<\/em> is a song made for spring with its gently strumming guitars and catchy forward moving bass line. Lyrically and vocally, the song pulls at the heartstrings with its dark and deeply personal undertones. “And now I drink myself to bed and I cry myself to work,<\/em>” Maxwell sings, and “How can you really miss what you never really knew? I get the feeling, I do ||\u00a0 How can you really miss what you never really had? I know that feeling, I do.”<\/em> [post continues below]<\/em><\/p>\n