Max Boost and the Power-Ups

Max Boost and the Power-Ups is the slightly unhinged, jam-tastic solo project of Memphis, TN-based, musical chameleon Brian Maxwell (me). I blend industrial and electronic sounds with roots music, heavy guitar riffs, funky bass lines and gritty vocals to create mashed up styles like: electro-funk, psychedelic-rap, acid-metal, medieval hardcore, synthwave-folk and trance-blues. The lyrics often explore heavier topics like social inequity, toxic masculinity, existential dilemmas and mysteries of the great beyond. Or sometimes they are just about shakin' your ass and feelin' the groove, ya dig? Following his 2021 debut concept album "From This Place to the Other" and several singles in 2022 and 2023, Max Boost released his sophomore album, Remains to Be Seen. It draws from punk, grunge, bluegrass and hill-country blues influences and was released in the summer of 2024. Accompanying the album is an acoustic companion EP of stripped-down versions of previously released songs exclusively on CD. The third full length album, On A Mission, is an intergalactic funk adventure record released in May 2025 with a future album of heavier songs (both in sound and subject matter) planned for late 2025/early 2026.