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Ever since their first album, I've loved Maximo Park. They swept along with the rest of the indie invasion of post-Libs bands at the same time as Arctic Monkeys, The Rakes, Bloc Party et al, but somehow seemed to get swept under the radar initially. A Certain Trigger was simply brilliant, chock full of hooks and the always interesting lyrics of Mr. Paul Smith, whilst Our Earthly Pleasures was certainly more of a grower, but just as good throughout.
Hearing that a new song, "Wraithlike", had been put up for free download, I jumped onto the website and gave it a listen. As it begins, it's exactly what you expected, but still just as enthralling - Deep guitar and bass tones strum incessantly before skipping drums and Paul's voice leap into the mix. Before long a siren-like synth tone builds from below, building and building, increasing expectation, but no chorus comes.
And that's my main problem with the song, it seems like one long set of verses, like they haven't quite finished a promising song. Here's hoping the album lives up to what we all want from it...
Maximo Park - Wraithlike (YSI)
Maximo Park - Limassol (YSI)
Well tomorrow I leave on a three year adventure, up to the vast, mysterious, unconquerable (thank you Mark Corrigan) land of Newcastle. In the spirit of leaving, not wanting to leave AND Newcastle, here's Maximo Park.
Maximo Park - I Want You To Leave
Maximo Park - I Want You To Stay
Another piece of information that's dawned on me is the fact that never again (OK, for the time being anyway), will I have to wear uniform - school, work or otherwise - which is an unusual source of joy for me.
Bloc Party - Uniform
A worrying fact for me at the moment is my money situation. Or lack of it. If you live in Newcastle and you see a dishevelled, 6'2", long-haired youth attacking your bins, I can only apologise in advance.
Barenaked Ladies - If I Had A Million Dollars
I'll admit, after a year off travelling and doing shift work, I am starting to think I'll remember very little of the things I'm supposed to have learned already, and with the apparent constant supply of alcohol that Uni provides, it might just stay that way.
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
Amongst the questioning eyebrows, semi-sarcastic questions of whether we're living together and all the general annoyances that go along with it, I'm so happy to be going with Cat, my beautiful girlfriend. And, just to set the record straight, we decided to choose our first choice uni separately and, by happy coincidence or pure synchronicity, we both chose Newcastle. So there.
Jack Johnson - Better Together
Ever since their first album, I've loved Maximo Park. They swept along with the rest of the indie invasion of post-Libs bands at the same time as Arctic Monkeys, The Rakes, Bloc Party et al, but somehow seemed to get swept under the radar initially. A Certain Trigger was simply brilliant, chock full of hooks and the always interesting lyrics of Mr. Paul Smith, whilst Our Earthly Pleasures was certainly more of a grower, but just as good throughout.
