Hello! I’m Max Herring, a creative professional with a rich background in data annotation, music production, and performance art. With over seven years of diverse experience, I thrive in environments that challenge my creativity and analytical skills. I aim to engage and entertain audiences through my various roles—whether I’m on stage as a drag artist or behind the scenes as a data annotator.
Alongside my artistic endeavors, I hold a Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, which empowers my unique approach to problem-solving and data analysis. I believe in the fusion of creativity and science, and I’m dedicated to producing captivating performances and compelling data narratives that resonate with diverse audiences.
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Dark matters is the debut album by The Gliding Faces. Released on 10 December 2021, the album was recorded over the course of a year or so following the release of Dan’s album, Featuring where Max was asked to provide vocals for two songs.
The album, originally called The strange, censorial lens examines some of the darker aspects of social interaction, love and has some political points to make, too. It’s a stark look at the post-COVID societal landscape. During the writing process, it was established that Max and Dan would write 24 songs and whittle the selection down to 12 tracks for the album (though 13 was the final number of tracks on the album) and that the remaining tracks would be issued on the maxi-singles as bonus tracks, referred to as B-sides.
With Dan working predominantly on a MacBook Pro in Coventry and Max working on an iPad Pro, The Gliding Faces worked largely together to record the songs, with some of the production being done separately. So, some songs were more Max than Dan and vice versa. The best results, however, were often achieved when the pair worked closely together to craft a song.
On the nose is the second album release from The Gliding Faces. It is an album entirely of cover songs.
Max would, every weekend, from Friday to Sunday, stay at Dan and Peter’s house in Coventry for work as a drag queen at the local LGBTQIA+ venue. One Sunday, however, disaster struck. Dan tested positive for COVID-19 and the rules at the time were that everyone in the abode had to stay and isolate for ten days. Dan decided that during this time, with Max living with them for a week and a half, that The Gliding Faces would make the most of the situation and record a new album. And so, work began on On the nose and, working intensively for ten days, they put together the album.
The design of the album was to be fleshy. Unnerving and, of course, slightly silly. “On the nose” was the title all along, since Max suggested it because of the Faces in the duo’s name. Using close-up photography and Photoshop to bring out the blotches and imperfections, an album cover was born.
Veritas is the second original studio album by The Gliding Faces and the fourth major release by the duo.
Dan says, “we really wanted to react off the first album, Dark matters, which was texturally very rich and dense lyrically. With Veritas, the idea was to be lighter, give the songs more space to breathe and be less claustrophobic.” The result was a very 80s-but-fresh-sounding collection of songs. As a result of the style of the music, the album art leant into the aesthetic of 80s with vibrant hot pinks and deep blues. With “Runway” suggesting a boxing ring, that design element was used as well as the laser beams from “Last night”.
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