Our Earthly Pleasures
The last members of the Paul Epworth-produced post-wave triumverate to emerge are also the last to follow up their debut, and like Bloc Party and the Futureheads before them the group strives for grander statements with its sophomore album.
Maxïmo Park sounded so wound up and wiry on their debut, A Certain Trigger, it felt like the band might snap if they went any further in that direction on their next album.
Newcastle Upon Tyne quintet Maxïmo Park was among the many bright spikes of light that came bursting out in 2005.
Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures review: Our Earthly Pleasures is a dense record; twelve tracks clock in at little more than forty-one minutes, but it’s a shattering listen from start to finish