New Music: Maxwell “Lake By The Ocean”

Singer Maxwell has been teasing fans for the past few days that his new single was on the horizon, and as promised it has arrived.

Nearly seven years since his last album BLACKsummers’night, the music vet returns with his long-awaited “Lake by the Ocean” from his upcoming album blackSUMMERS’night.

The track arrived late Thursday night (April 7) and its parent album will arrive on July 1, the same day he is set to co-headline the 2016 Essence Festival in New Orleans. Get into the new track below.

My album blackSUMMERS’night will be out 7.1! Get Lake By The Ocean now on @AppleMusic! https://t.co/EY4CgVqHXU pic.twitter.com/YNC12Lgwd7

— MAXWELL (@_MAXWELL_) April 8, 2016

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