Tangled String Studios Presents: Cut Worms

Danny Davis with Tangled String Studios Studio RR7 in musical Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment invites Max Clarke, the Ohio-born artist behind Cut Worms, now based in Brooklyn, takes a stripped-down, personal approach on his latest release. Instead of polished studios and high-profile producers, he leaned on friends and longtime collaborators. Some tracks came together in his rehearsal space, others with Brian and Michael D’Addario of The Lemon Twigs in Brooklyn, and more with Rick Spataro at Onlyness Analog in the Hudson Valley. His live band—John Andrews, Keven Louis Lareau, and Noah Bond—also left their mark.

The result is a warm, intimate record shaped by Clarke’s own hand as producer and mixer, inspired by the confidence of his self-recorded single “Dream Most Wild.” Subtle arrangements, delicate harmonies, and his clear tenor guide nine songs that balance innocence with hard-earned wisdom. Clarke explores love, loss, and the passage of time, reaching toward something timeless—the pop song as both anchor and escape.