MAX CLARKE assiduously mines the past in his music and artwork – the Brooklyn-based Ohioan recently illustrated Greil Marcus’s book – but mere’ – which to me describes the way music and culture evolve,” he explains. “There’s so many layers and generations of things and references to references within 20th-century pop that you can’t often say at any given point, ‘This is where it started.’ At this point in 2023, with the internet and hyper-awareness of everything, I think it makes it that much more complex, with people pulling from many different periods at the same time, whilst still looking forward. ‘’ – I’m sure Pete Shelley liked Brian Wilson.”
