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Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon The little dog laughed to see such craft And the dish ran away with the spoon
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Jack & Gill 04:26
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Pat-a-Cake 05:31
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Maxim 05:03

about

Maxim is a project born of the slow burn of remote collaboration and a shared passion for experimentation with musical heritage. From the south of Drew Worthley’s Worthing studio to No Spinoza’s northerly home of York, the two artists shaped and reshaped fresh iterations of childhood curiosities over the lockdown months of 2020. The album reached its culmination in at Echo Zoo Studio in Eastbourne, helmed by Dave Izumi Lynch (Ed Harcourt, Billy Bragg, Jake Bugg, The Magic Numbers), where the pair’s remote recordings were augmented with analogue synths, live string arrangements and kinetic drums. The result is a series of 10 reimagined traditional nursery rhymes laced with fun urgent vibrancy and an underlying dark melancholy.

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“It’s a stunning record, that. Really imaginative – never heard anything like that before. So I’m really looking forward to what they produce next.”
BBC Music Introducing

“An enchanting album meshing chamber-pop whimsy with nostalgic nursery rhymes…A stellar release” Obscure Sound

“10 childhood nursery rhymes vividly reimagined as if through a glass darkly”
Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music

"Well worth the wait. This is a fantastic concept album...beautifully structured and crafted, it's really like nothing I've heard yet...It's a stunning thing." Curved Radio, Australia

“Hypnotic…the imprint and atmosphere of a very interesting universe.”
Direct Actu

“They …evolve familiar folk foundations of finger picked strings and transcend into cinematic instrumental dream worlds fit for an award winning soundtrack.” The Wild is Calling

“I didn’t want to like it, I didn’t even think I would like it, but what a bloomin’ fool I am! This is so, so cool. It’s so much better than I remember the track from my childhood.”
Jericho Keys, BBC Radio York

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released March 28, 2022

Variations on Mother Goose’s Melody. Tracks 1-9 are original adaptations of nursery rhymes of unknown or traditional origin.

Composed, performed and produced by Thomas Pearson & Drew Worthley except Track 2 by Chris Wright, Thomas Pearson & Drew Worthley.
Drums and additional percussion by Phil Wilkinson.
Additional strings by Nick Pynn.
Recorded and mixed at Echo Zoo Studios by Dave Izumi Lynch.
Additional recording and mixing by Pearson & Worthley.
Mastered by Ed Woods.

Design by Pearson & Worthley with details from various C16th German manuscripts, Boy on a Ram (1786-97) by Francisco de Goya and details of cloudy skies by John Constable and J.M.W. Turner.

© ℗ 2022 Pearson & Worthley.

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Drew Worthley UK

Crafter of a curious blend of cerebral indie-pop with a twist of lyrical Americana.

Regular airplay on BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing.
Sophomore record 'CRUCIBLE' acclaimed by Louder Than War as 'one of the albums of the year without doubt.'

New album 'Maxim' a collaboration with No Spinoza is a collection of reimagined nursery rhymes. "A stellar release” Obscure Sound.
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