Lavender Sound Substack by Max Freedman | Insights from Sidestack

Lavender Sound

About the Substack

About music, by and for LGBTQ+ people.

Free Subscription Benefits

Reviews of new and great (and, well, less great) releases by LGBTQ+ musicians

Paid Subcription Benefits

Retrospectives on albums that have recently turned 1 year old
Retrospectives on albums that have recently turned 10 years old
Our recurring series such as "For The Girls" and our new music roundups

About Max Freedman

I write Lavender Sound, which is my home for commentary on artists who are LGBTQ+ or have massive LGBTQ+ fanbases (allies are welcome to subscribe too!). Occasional album reviews and retrospectives, but mostly ~takes~

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