New single from Maxwell! “Pretty Wings” comes hot off the presses from Maxwell’s forthcoming album, BLACKsummers'night, the groundbreaking soul artist’s first full-length release since 2001’s Now.

Hitting stores Tuesday, July 7th on Columbia Records, BLACKsummers'night is the sensuous opening installment of Maxwell’s monumental BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT trilogy. The trilogy's subsequent chapters, blackSUMMERS'night and blacksummers'NIGHT, are slated for release in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

BLACKsummers’night was recorded with an extraordinary ten-piece band, giving it a live and often raw sound. Maxwell is taking it back to when a solo genius artist offered music that was close to perfection. No synthesizers, no duets. Just Maxwell bare and in the flesh ready to give old fans and new ones a sensory experience that he never fails to bring.