(New York, NY- April 8, 2016)- New artist MAX has earned accolades from Billboard, Complex, and Alternative Press alike for skillfully blending pop, soul, R&B and rap with his acrobatic vocals, catching the ear of artists including Pharrell Williams and Pete Wentz, who signed MAX to his DCD2 Records label. After releasing a pair of critically-acclaimed EPs and touring with Fall Out Boy, the singer releases his debut album ‘Hell’s Kitchen Angel’, today. Available on iTunes here the album is also featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday and streaming on Just Jared.

Listen to ‘Hell’s Kitchen Angel’ here: http://www.justjared.com/2016/04/07/maxs-hells-kitchen-angel-exclusive-album-premiere-stream-now/

Hell’s Kitchen Angel chronicles MAX coming of age in the NYC neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, from stories of love found on the subway to hosting basement parties. Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump lends his impressive vocal range to the impassioned single “10 Victoria’s Secret Models” and rising rapper Lil Uzi Vert adds some edge to the pounding bass-driven “Wrong”.  LA-based rapper Sirah and hip hop artist Hoodie Allen, MAX’s counterpart on viral hit “Gibberish, also appear on the album. Veteran pop songwritersJon Bellion (Eminem and Rihanna’s “Monster”), Jake Sinclair (Fall Out Boy’s ‘American Beauty/American Psycho’ and Sia’s ‘This Is Acting’) and Jonas Jeberg (Pussy Cat Dolls, Jordin Sparks) all collaborated with the singer and co-wrote tracks on the album.

Following his DCD2 Records signing, MAX has seen mainstream and sales success, with over 100,000 units of his single “Gibberish” have sold. The track is currently nominated for a Radio Disney Music Award for “Best Song To Lip-sync To.” Previously it was selected for the YouTube Music Awards alongside songs by Ed Sheeran & Charli XCX and MAX was nominated for Best Breakthrough Artist and Original Song for the 2015 Streamy Awards. He just wrapped a massive 20+ date Boys of Zummer Tour with Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa and Hoodie Allen and closed the year by dropping Wrong (DCD2 Records), an infectious four-song EP featuring a “fantastic remix” of “Wrong” by Ryan EXOE and feat. Taylor Bennett.

Hell’s Kitchen Angel Track Listing:

1. Hell’s Kitchen Angel
2. Gibberish (feat. Hoodie Allen)
3. Wrong (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)
4. Holla
5. Lights Down Low
6. 10 Victoria’s Secret Models
7. Home
8. Mug Shot (feat. Sirah)
9. Basement Party
10. Lost My Way

About DCD2 Records: DCD2 Records is an independent record label founded by Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz. Celebrating 10 years of propelling musical outliers, DCD2 is home to Panic! At The Disco (the first band ever signed to Decaydance), Gym Class Heroes and Travie McCoy, who has recorded several platinum or multi-platinum singles including "Billionaire (ft. Bruno Mars)," "Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)," "Ass Back Home (feat. Neon Hitch)," and "The Fighter (feat. Ryan Tedder)"; Cobra Starship who created Top 10 Billboard hits "Good Girls Go Bad" and "You Make Me Feel." New to the family are Danish-American rockers New Politics, pop-soul viral sensation MAX, and Tennessee spitfire singer/songwriter, LOLO. Wentz has previously signed artists ranging from Young Money alum Tyga to winner of The Voice, Cassadee Pope.