MAX, the upcoming 12" EP from Anacortes, WA based songwriter and sound-crafter Karl Blau, will be Blau's first major release since his LP Zebra dropped in 2009.

Recorded at Dub Narcotic in Olympia, Washington, MAX is a snack pack of subdued, soulful, introspective emotional funk that shows Blau at his best.

When he sings "I scrape at the barnacles that build on the frame; I take old binoculars & peer in again," on the track "Celebrated by Singing" you're left with the feeling that having some "me time" between a pair of headphones is better than any prescription a doctor could give; and it feels good.