Artist.......: Max∩mo Park
Album........: Hauskonzert
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2014-04-28
Str.date.....: 2014-00-00
Quality......: 251kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.maximopark.com/
track title time
1. Hauskonzert 38:19
Runtime 38:19
Size 68.95
Release Notes:
Newcastle's angular pop quintet Max∩mo Park consists of singer Paul Smith,
guitarist Duncan Lloyd, bassist Archie Tiku, keyboardist Lukas Wooller, and
drummer Tom English. Like their friends and neighbors the Futureheads and Field
Music, Max∩mo Park craft smart, sharply catchy songs inspired by post-punk and
new wave legends like the Jam, XTC, Wire, and the Smiths. Lloyd, Tiku, Wooller,
and English formed the band as an avant rock, largely instrumental group, taking
their name from a meeting place in Cuba for communists. Smith had previously
played with the band Me and the Twins and was recommended as the band's new
singer by English's girlfriend, who heard him singing Stevie Wonder's
"Superstitious" at a karaoke night. Max∩mo Park issued their debut 7", The Coast
Is Always Changing/The Night I Lost My Head, in 2004; it caught the ears of Warp
Records, which despite being a mostly electronic label signed them and released
their second single, "Apply Some Pressure," early in 2005. It made the Top 20 in
the U.K.'s national charts. At that time, Warp also released the Apply Some
Pressure EP, which featured tracks from both of the band's singles, in the U.S.
Max∩mo Park also finished recording their debut album with producer Paul Epworth
(who also worked with Bloc Party and Babyshambles) that winter and spent the
spring touring the U.K., Japan, and the U.S., making an appearance at South by
Southwest. The "Graffiti" single heralded the arrival of the band's full-length
debut, A Certain Trigger, late that spring. More tours of the U.S. and U.K.,
including gigs at Glastonbury and Reading, kept the band busy that summer. Early
in 2006, the B-sides collection Missing Songs was released; Max∩mo Park also
maintained their hectic touring schedule and returned to the studio late that
year, teaming with producer Gil Norton. Our Earthly Pleasures arrived in spring
2007. For 2009's Quicken the Heart, Max∩mo Park ventured to Los Angeles to
record with producer Nick Launay, who gave the songs a slightly rawer yet still
danceable sound. In 2010, the band took a break from its near-constant recording
and touring, during which time Smith made the solo album Margins. The band's
hiatus continued until 2012, when Max∩mo Park resurfaced with The National
Health, a harder-hitting, politicized effort produced by Gil Norton. For 2014's
more intimate, electronic-driven Too Much Information, the band recruited the
Invisible's Dave Okumu and Field Music's David and Peter Brewis as
collaborators.