"Local songwriter Michael Maxwell recently released a self-titled album of tightly wound, gritty guitar pop."

- Time Out New York

"Draws listeners in and doesn't let them get away..."

- The Ithacan

"For all you out there screaming for some honest music, I would recommend this one"

- The Poughkeepsie Journal

"The ten songs on Maxwell's debut are those near perfect moments when you hear a song for the first time, then end up singing along at the end wishing the chorus would repeat one last time."

- The Miscellany News
  Vassar College - Poughkeepsie, NY

"Maxwell's talent far exceeds the walls of the clubs he's playing"

- The Ithaca Times

"I Won't Give In ... conveys his raw emotion perfectly, while other songs are pure pop pleasure."

- The Cornell Daily Sun