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MAXIMO PARK

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Member Since: 3/2/2005
Band Website: maximopark.com
Band Members: Tom English - Drums
Duncan Lloyd - Guitars
Paul Smith - Vocals
Archis Tiku - Bass
Lukas Wooller - Keyboards
Influences: Maximo Park's current listening

The Verve - A Northern Soul

Asobi Seksu - Citrus

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

Felt - Forever Breathless The Lonely World

Hank Williams - The Hillbilly Shakespeare
Sounds Like: Life Affirming, emotional, energetic popular music.

Current Release:

Our second album 'Our Earthly Pleasures' is out now...

CD / LP at Amazon
CD / LP at Play.com
CD / LP at HMV
Deluxe iTunes Version
MP3 / FLAC at Bleep.com
Record Label: Warp Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Power of the Cat/McNulty Magic

YoWell, I finally heard Jukebox, the new Cat Power album, today on a train up the coast. No mp3s... I pulled out my weathered discman and went old-school.I've only listened to it once, so the jury's o...
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:29:00 PST

Oh Kozelek!

A new year equals a new Sun Kil Moon Record on April 1st.Prepare the tear ducts!Well, it made me happy anyway.Paul
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:44:00 PST

Happy Holidays...

... whatever you're up to, wherever you are, whatever you believe in!I'm uploading CDs onto my computer, listening to Nana talking to my brothers in the front room. You know the drill. Family fortunes...
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:56:00 PST

Shoegazing in San Diego

Hey there,We are all on a bus trundling along the poorly-kept Californian freeways, which have been partly responsible for a general lack of sleep over the last two weeks. Plenty of other states in th...
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:04:00 PST

More obituary songs

Hello,We landed in Germany this morning for the beginning of our European mainland shows.I heard some duff info on the web in general about the extra songs on our next single, so I thought I'd reinfor...
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:14:00 PST

Casually bleak!

I'm listening to Suicide playing their echo-techno-doo-wop rock n' roll.It's 1988 and it's A Way Of Life.I saw a film by Bruno Dumont last night. It's called Flandres.I thought it was great, although ...
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:31:00 PST

Karen Dalton

Wow!A live bootleg of the inimitable Karen Dalton has just been officially released and it's a revelation.I bought it in Edinburgh on a trip to see William Eggleston's 5x7 photographs (which are timel...
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:23:00 PST

From a San Francisco Taco Bell

They call out your name behind the counter.It seems so informal.Outside, a man slumps against the kerb. His hair is spreading silver at the sides, around his ears, with the blackness of his skin cre...
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:21:00 PST

I bought the new Wire and got on a train.

On a train this morning, the sun made the sea look like a sheet of flat tin foil.The new Wire magazine has PJ Harvey on the front and the photographs look lovely, too. I'm looking forward to her new a...
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:41:00 PST

Girls Who Play Guitars out now!

The third single from 'Our Earthly Pleasures' is out this week.Here's some ways you can get the release with the new b-sides and exclusive tracks:- Buy all 5 formats (including two digital tracks unav...
Posted by MAXIMO PARK on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:38:00 PST