Since it was only yesterday that I posted on a British post-punk group, lets make it two in a row. Maximo Park is yet another British group that plays that popular-with-the-kids melodic post-punk. This band (however) is one of the best of the lot. They are from good old Newcastle Upon Tyne which is probably better known for brown ale than rock music. Far removed from the London scene that seems to be spawning a lot of these groups, Maximo Park is a little different. Yes, they have the angular guitars and the sneering vocals, but they just seem a little more sincere than most. Maybe it’s the singer’s thick British accent (which I find endearing because it displays an honesty and realism that many of their contemporaries are lacking) or perhaps its the lyrics that seem to be sung right off a page from a spiral notebook. I can’t put my finger on it exactly but you know these guys aren’t just posing and aren’t faking anything.

Either way their tunes just explode out of your speakers with such an urgency that you can’t help but (at least) tap your foot. I dare you to listen to “Apply Some Pressure” and not be humming or singing it afterwards. Their debut album A Certain Trigger is out now on Warp Records. Again, I triple dog dare you. RIYL: Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Futureheads.

MP3 | Maximo Park – Apply Some Pressure A Certain Trigger
MP3 | Maximo Park – The Coast Is Always Changing A Certain Trigger

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1. Review: Maximo Park – Our Earthly Pleasures (or) hold my head up while I’m falling down
2. Maximo Park vs. Cajun Dance Party
3. We look out across the sea
4. Review: Park – Building A Better______ (or) the coast via the cornfields
5. Only Thieves – Greetings From Levy Park, T.L.H.