Max Paul Maria - Paradigm Beach
4.1
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- Nice rock album with different genre influences
- Very entertaining sounds
It is already some six years ago since the Berlin-based artist Max Paul Maria released his last album Figurines. On 25th May 2022, he came back into the record stores with his new song collection, Paradigm Beach. Here is my album review.
Max Paul Maria – About The Artist
Max Paul Maria grew up in Freiburg in Southern Germany. His initial musical background has rather been in the punk and hardcore area. In the later 2000’s decade, he decided to move to Berlin and make music on the stages on the city. His music became more and more successful, leading to the 2013 debut album MIles & Gallons, which has been recorded in Lisbon, Portugal. He did punk music as well until the mid 2010’s. In 2016, Max Paul Maria released his second album Figurines.
Max Paul Maria – Paradigm Beach – Track by Track
The ten song album lasts 38 minutes.
1. The Big Vacation
the Big Vacation already sets some direction for the album: a touch of folk, a bit of rock and some Americana vibes… And… some more… It is really hard to define a genre for this album, this sound. Great voice and an opener, which stays in your mind after listening, indeed.
2. A Sport And A Pastime
A Sport And A Pasttime has likely been the key single release before the album has been published. The song has a nice, fluent style, is a bit stronger on the Americana and rock tunes. Good listen.
3. House Of Love
The guitars don’t need to for too thrilling and complicated sounds in this song, the House of Love is putting its spotlights on the storytelling indeed. The longer the song is running, the less shy it feels – and the more Max Paul Maria and his band also show nicer chords and riffs. Finally, the raspy voice stays the dominating element of the track, though.
4. Cops
Cops is moving the album strongly towards indie-rock sounds – you just cannot neglect a certain touch of punk music in this song as well. A track with a lot of social critics.
5. A Silken Thread
The press kit to the album states that the song sounds like it would have been written to Adele. I can’t really relate to that statement, but I really like the way Max Paul Maria makes use of the time he has to tell his stories in the second longest track of the album. Rocking, powerful statements break down to very quiet, almost melancholic moments. Good listen.
6. Sidi Ifni 1974
Not sure if Max Paul Maria is referencing to to Moroccan city or the graphics by Frank Stella here, the song feels a bit chaotic and works with a lot of melodic lines and instruments in parallel. Not my favorite track on the album.
7. Orphans
Orphans is a familiar sound to fans of the artist: Max Paul Maria released this song as part of his debut album. Nice song with a good vibe.
8. Paradigm Beach
The title track of the album is a nice straight rocker. I don’t hear the influences of Nirvana, to which the press kit is trying to point me. But finally, who cares? Straight-forward, good to listen to song.
9. Life Upon A Hill
Life Upon A Hill is the longest song of the album. The six minute experience starts rather slow and laid back, but later surprises with some rougher rock tracks. A touch of 1970’s rock, before the song steps back to rather quiet sounds. Nice forth and back.
10. American Friend
The American Friend has a flavor of British rock to me. A good was to say good-bye from this album. Very catchy song.
Max Paul Maria – Paradigm Beach – Spotify
Here is Paradigm Beach on Spotify:
Max Paul Maria – Paradigm Beach – My View
Overall, Paradigm Beach is a really nice German album, which is doing well in using very different melodic and musical elements. I had a really good time with these 38 minutes.
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Day 6 on your Iceland Ring Road trip - time to start counting down the kilometers towards Reykjavik and Keflavik ...
Traveling on Iceland’s Ring Road (Day 5 – 3rd May 2023) – Husavik to Akureyri
We arrived significantly later than expected in Husavik on Day 4, so that Day 5 was packed with Husavik action ...
Traveling on Iceland’s Ring Road (Day 4 – 2nd May 2023) – Egilstadir to Husavik
With the weather being much colder than expected, we had to alter our travel plans for the Iceland Ring Road ...
Traveling on Iceland’s Ring Road (Day 3 – 1st May 2023) – Hrafnavellir to Egilstadir
After the intense travel at Day 2 of our Iceland Ring Road trip, Day 3 was thought to be a ...
Traveling on Iceland’s Ring Road (Day 2 – 30th April 2023) – Hella to Hrafnavellir
After arriving in Iceland the day before, Sunday 30th April 2023 was thought to be the most intense travel day ...
Traveling on Iceland’s Ring Road (Day 1 – 29th April 2023) – Germany to Hella
Let's take you on a trip to Iceland. This is the first proper entry to my Trip Report, which takes on ...
Traveling on Iceland’s Ring Road (Preview)
Traveling on the Icelandic Ring road or Road 1 is one of the "classic" trips you can do on the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 April 2023)
As I am having some quite intense travels ahead of me, I currently try to prepare as much contents for ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 April 2023)
After some rather intense traveling, I am glad that there is just a short trip this week. I concentrated on ...
Five Years of Flyctory.com – My 20 Most Popular Travel Posts (so far…)
Damn, it is already four years... And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I ...
Icelands South Coast at Routes 33 and 34 (Road Trip)
In this Pictured Story, I want to take you on a road trip in Iceland which I in fact already ...
Reykjavik Maritime Museum
The fishing industry has been (and still is) an important part of the Icelandic economy. The Reykjavik Maritime Museum is ...
Isafjord – Hjartsatjaki
Even though all my visits to the area have been pre-Flyctory.com, Isafjordur and the West Fjords are belong my favorite ...
Arny Margret – they only talk about the weather
Since I ran into her song akureyri in my Songs of the Week feature as of 28th January 2022, I really loved to listen ...
Gullfoss – Iceland’s Most Famous Waterfall? (Pictured Story)
Many tourist traveling to Iceland put the day trip of the Golden Circle on the top of their list. Apart from ...
View Over Akureyri from Hlidarfljall
If you follow Flyctory.com for a while, you know that I love the Northern Icelandic city of Akureyri. This posting ...
Mani Orrason – The World Is Big and You Will Never Find Me
This review is about music from Iceland. I am always happy to run into music from one of my most ...
Ystafell Auto Museum (Iceland)
Despite the country as such is rather small (measured by the number of people, not by area), Iceland has some ...
A (Partial) Trip along F899 (Flateyjardalsvegur – Pictured Story)
It's summer season in Iceland right now again. People explore the amazing highlands. While I still struggle to complete a ...
Icelandic Aviation Museum (Akureyri)
Flugsafn Islands - or the Icelandic Aviation Museum - has of course been a attraction I just could not miss while ...
Flying with Icelandair Domestic (Flygfelag Islands / Air Iceland Connect)
Icelandair Domestic, Air Iceland Connect or Flygfelag Islands - the inter-Iceland aviation connections nowadays driven by Icelandair have different historic ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 July 2022)
Okay, this week, my Songs Of The Week listeners need to stay strong: I started my list with schlager (with a touch ...
Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura
During one of my trips to Iceland in 2021, I decided to have two nights right at Reykjavik Domestic Airport ...
Akureyrarkirkja – Akureyri Church
Akureyrarkirkja or simply the Akureyri Church is one of the key eyecatchers of the Northern Icelandic city. The Lutheran church, ...
Cruising on the Herjolfur Vestmannaeyjar Ferry
The Vestmannaeyjar islands and especially Heimaey, the main island of the "West Men Islands", are a key tourist attraction of ...
Grenjadarstadur Turf House Museum
There are a few Turf House Museums you can visit in Iceland. The UNESCO is even thinking about putting this ...
Viking World (Nardvik, Iceland)
Apart from the legendary Blue Lagoon, the Viking World / Vikingheimar in Nardvik on Reykjanes is likely one of the most ...
Sagnheimar Natural History Museum Vestmannaeyjar
As some of my plans during my stay at Vestmannaeyjar did not work out as expected, I had time to ...
The Settlement Exhibition Reykjavik
The Settlement Exhibition Reykjavik (sometimes also with an added ± 871) gives you an insight of the 10th century settlement ...
Whales of Iceland (Reykjavik)
While whaling has been quite popular in Iceland's past, the large marine mammals are nowadays rather the stars on a ...
Vadlaheidargong Toll Tunnel and Alternatives
Going from Northern Iceland's largest city to the famous Myvatn Thermal Bath or even further on to Egilstadir - the ...
Keflavik Airport (KEF)
There is currently some effort to establish regular international flights from Akureyri (AEY) again, but in general, if you approach ...
The F35 Kjölur-Route in Iceland
The F35 - or Kjölur Route is likely the most famous road trip in Iceland, apart from route 1, the Ring ...
Arny Margret – intertwined
After I ran into her song akureyri and made it head one of my Songs Of The Week episodes, I was really looking ...
Rokksafn – The Icelandic Rock’n’Roll Museum (Reykjanesbaer)
Iceland is indeed a country, which is famous for its broad music culture. There are several Icelandic acts, which became ...
Airport Hotel Grasteinn (Keflavik)
When I visited Iceland in October 2021, my Lufthansa flight from Munich Airport (MUC) to Keflavik (KEF) arrived at the ...
Egilsstadir Airport (EGS)
Icelandair gave me a very short-term cancellation for my flight to Vestmannaeyear, when I visited the island. However, I definitely ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 Jan 2022)
After I have already been struggling with the idea of the Songs of the Week, the feedback on my previous edition ...
Hallgrimskirkja Reykjavic – Church and View from Tower
The unique architecture, the significant height of 75 meters and its location on top of the hill right in the ...
Saga Museum Reykjavik
When I visited the harbor-area attractions in Reykjavik, I felt it is a good opportunity to share as many of ...
Hilton Reykjavik Nordica
You can almost read the popularity of Iceland as a tourist destination also for North American tourists that the capital ...
Reykjavik Domestic Airport (RKV)
Flying from Reykjavik Domestic Airport (RKV) was thought to be one of the highlights of my trip to Iceland in ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2021
It is time for the final posting of the years, simply named The Best Ones 2021. After looking into my ...
Flying Norlandair from Akureyri (AEY) (not) to Grimsey (GRY)
I so far did not have too many opportunities to cross the Polar Circle in my life. A few years ...
Iceland Road F347 (Kerlingarfjallavegur) and Hveradalir
I did a couple of interesting road trips in Iceland during my summer stay in August 2021. Even though I ...
Hotel Kjarnalundur (Akureyri, Iceland)
Especially due to a scheduled flight with Norlandair, I looked for a stay not too far away from Akureyri Airport ...
Aurora Reykjavik
While nature lovers, highland road freaks and horse riders roll over Iceland in summer, the key attraction in fall and ...
LAVA Centre Hvölsvollur (Iceland)
Lava and volcanic eruptions are a regular part of life on Iceland. In 2010, for example, the Eyjafjallajökull slowed down ...
Geysir Hot Spring Area (Iceland – Pictured Story)
What is your first thought about Iceland? I think many people associate the stunning, unique nature with the Nordic island ...
Food I Had Onboard (Oct 2021 til Nov 2021)
In October 2021, on a flight from Munich (MUC) to Keflavik Airport (KEF), I decided to go for a new ...
Car Rental Review – Blue Car Keflavik Airport (KEF) – Dacia Duster 4WD
For my October 2021 trip to Iceland, I went for a car rental provider which I had used before for ...
Hotel Laxarbakki (Akranes, Iceland)
On my summer 2021 trip to Iceland, I had the last night before heading into Greater Reykjavik in Akranes. Hotel ...
Urridafoss – The Highest Flow Waterfall in Iceland (Pictured Story)
Seljalandsfoss, Skogafoss or Gullfoss - Iceland is full of very famous waterfalls. Urridafoss (which translates to "Sea Trout Waterfall") is ...
Hotel Duus (Keflavik)
As my August trip to Iceland was prolonged by one night, as my Icelandair business class flight to Frankfurt was ...
Icelandic Punk Museum (Reykjavik)
What do Icelandic people do if there is a public toilet in the heart of their capital, which they don't ...
Olis Deildin (Icelandic Handball Premier League) with Fram Reykjavik at Safamyri Hall
Apart from visiting the elite ice hockey league match of Fjölnir during my October 2021 trip to Iceland, I also ...
Hertz Deildin Div. 1(Icelandic Ice Hockey League) with Fjölnir Reykjavik at Egilshöll
Relative to their population, Iceland is the sixth biggest ice hockey nation in the world. Out of 100,000 people, some ...
Car Rental Review – Procar Keflavik Airport (KEF) – Dacia Duster 4WD
Covid-19 lead to numerous flight cancellations and rebookings. One of them was that I finally ended up flying back from ...
Hverir Geothermal Area (Pictured Story)
Hverir is one of the most popular geothermal areas in Northern Iceland. Two the key drivers is obviously that it ...
The Hits of the Trips – My Summer 2021 in Music
Summer feels to be over - Fall 2021 is coming. Finally, I had much more - and better - trips ...
Eyjafjördur Jolahusid – The Christmas House
We all know that Santa Claus is living in Rovaniemi, Finland... Or is he home to Russia? Northern Canada? There ...
Myvatn – Natural Thermal Pool in Northern Iceland
Having a swim in a (somehow) natural geothermal pool in Iceland feels to be the equivalent to the Blue Lagoon ...
Car Rental Review – Geysir Keflavik Airport (KEF) – Dacia Duster 4WD
After so many other options failed, I opted to extend the coverage on Flyctory.com to the wonderful island of Iceland ...
The Bridge Between Europe and North America (Pictured Story)
What is the shortest flight time between Canada and the European Union? Can you walk from the USA to Russia? ...
Boeing 757-200 Icelandair Saga Premium Class
Friday, the 13th... On 13th August 2021, I was scheduled to have my very first Boeing 737-MAX flight. Icelandair from ...
Litli Geysir Hotel
The first overnight during my August 2021 trip to Iceland was right next to one of the most iconic places ...
Icelandic Phallological Museum (Reykjavik)
Half of us got one - and most of them love it/him. The philosopher Nietzsche even defined a penis envy ...
Saga Lounge Kefklavik (KEF)
In August 2021, I finally visited a place which has been hidden from me for so long. I had so ...
Akureyri Airport (AEY)
In Iceland, Akureyri is called the Capital Of The North. Excluding the Reykjavik Metropolitan Area, it is the largest city on ...
Sky Lagoon Reykjavic / Kopavogur
I would say that at the time of writing (August 2021), Sky Lagoon is something like the hottest product in ...
Solstafir – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
Iceland - one of the most painful experiences this year for me. I already had booked a trip to the ...