In her newest charming folk-pop song, Maya Ixchell dives into heartbreak and grapples with impulsive thoughts of breaking away and starting a new life. On November 8th, she’ll let her thoughts out into the world in the form of ‘Hurricane’.

This Perth-based artist pulls from her real lived experiences to write heart-wrenching, breathtaking lyrics that stick with listeners. She’s opened for iconic performers like Hoodoo Gurus, Jon Stevens, Baby Animals, Mark Seymour, Fieldsy, Joan & The Giants, and Mitchell Martin. Her live shows have captured the hearts of the audiences at festivals like Nannup Music Festival, Out of the Woods Festival and Country Sounds Festival and at her West Coast Tour from Perth to Broome.

Her newest single, ‘Hurricane’, is a slow, emotive tune with shimmery guitar and sweet vocals that let her lyrical prowess shine. The sad melody is imbued with a gentle passion, the drums adding gravity to her vocals to let the undiluted feelings build up. With faint echoing vocals in the background, this is a beautifully moody story told through song.

The lyrics are heartbroken prose that fights with the internal urge to give everything up and run away to start fresh across the globe– written at a crossroads in Maya Ixchell’s life, this song details the destruction she could have had on her loved ones if she took the leap to leave it all behind.

Consider what might have been with Maya Ixchell’s ‘Hurricane’ when it drops on Friday, November 8.

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