Max Rael

Solo Works

Monochrome portrait of Max Rael holding his hands over his face against a black background
Photo: Filiz Gultekin (@filizphotographyuk)

Bringing together unique futureretroistic sound designs and outsider spoken-word perspectives on a world in freefall. Fusing minimalist synthpop, darkwave, and loud drum arrangements, Rael's solo catalogue explores themes of existential confrontation, neurodivergent identity, loss, and resilience.

Solo Albums

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The Enemy Is Us IN DEVELOPMENT: REALIGNED EDITION Upcoming
Liquid Len Recording Company

The definitive expanded revision. Rebuilding the 2025 debut to incorporate evolved single mixes and new live violin and string arrangements recorded by Suz.

The Enemy Is Us original album cover
Liquid Len Recording Company (20 June 2025)

Debut solo album. A 12-track dark bouquet of minimalist synth, darkwave, and spoken-word electronic pop. Evolving out of earlier instrumental Raelism EPs (2014–2015), the record confronts a precarious world with rhythmic energy and an unyielding core of hope.

"British electronic provocateur Max Rael plunges headlong into poignant minimalist synth paranoia... majestic." — Post-Punk.com
"I truly enjoyed mastering them. It's a great album! Exactly how I like them." — Pete Maher (U2, Nick Cave, Depeche Mode, NIN)

Singles & Focus Tracks (2025)

Brain Damage Self-Assessment single cover
Liquid Len Recording Company

A playful wander and damage assessment inside a physical representation of connections, wiring and synapses of a brain.

Almost single cover
Almost September 2025
Liquid Len Media

An introspective track examining the gut-wrenching moment of realising defeat when success seemed all but guaranteed.

Pressing Against The Glass single cover
Liquid Len Recording Company

A dramatic, melodic electronic elegy exploring the deep-seated ache of feeling like an outsider looking in through the window at warmth and safety.

Slightly Less Than Human single cover
Liquid Len Recording Company

Dark, nervy electronica inspired by Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human. Relays the feeling of being alien to the human race—a theme that took on deeper significance following Rael's adult AuDHD diagnosis.

Brighter Future single cover
Brighter Future April 2025
Liquid Len Recording Company

The debut solo single. Drawing catalyst inspiration from John Higgs's The Future Starts Here, questioning creating negative narratives for the future, avoidant coping strategies, and proposing a defiant 'Yes Future' stance.