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A Certain Trigger (CD)

By: Maximo Park (Artist)

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Maximo Park Artist Snapshot:

Led by hyperactive frontman Paul "Scooby" Smith, Maximo Park threw its hat into the U.K.'s new New Wave arena with 2005's A CERTAIN TRIGGER, released on the usually dance-oriented label Warp. A confident, enjoyable mix of the more jagged strains of current and classic British pop, Maximo Park proved one of 2005's break-out bands on both sides of the pond, and followed up on that success in 2007 with their sophomore effort, OUR EARTHLY PLEASURES.

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DISC 1 for A Certain Trigger (CD) Album By Maximo Park (Artist)
1   Signal And Sign
2   Apply Some Pressure
3   Graffiti
4   Postcard Of A Painting
5   Going Missing
6   I Want You To Stay
7   Limassol
8   Coasts Is Always Changing, The
9   Night I Lost My Head, The
10   Once, A Glimpse
11   Now I'm All Over The Shop
12   Acrobat
13   Kiss You Better
 

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Review

Uncut (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]here's a romantic soul at play. Frontman Paul Smith loves the dejections of the north as much as role model Jarvis Cocker."
CMJ (No. 914, p.4) - "These five lads resurect the trembling, trebly power chords and literate sensibilities of bands like Wire and the Fall...Maximo Park's brand of guitar pop is distinctly British and pogo-ready..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he Geordie five-piece's inspired and eccentric debut deserves to catapult them well ahead of their Scottish peers..."

Title Note

Maximo Park: Paul Smith (vocals); Duncan Lloyd (guitars); Lukas Wooller (keyboards); Archis Tiku (bass guitar); Tom English (drums).

Recording information: Eastcote Studios, London, England (2004); 2Khz, London, England (2004).

Released in mid-2005, Maximo Park's A CERTAIN TRIGGER missed the initial round of the New Wave revival sparked by the runaway success of Franz Ferdinand's debut. Although it would be easy to dismiss Maximo Park as merely an act late to the party, the English ensemble filters its post-punk influences inventively, utilizing the style as a loose blueprint rather than a rigid template. Though Maximo Park signed to the renowned electronica label Warp, musically, the band is often aligned with the energetic, guitar-heavy attack of the Futureheads. Lyrically, however, the group is less playful and more sullen, making its closest contemporaries the emotive quartet Bloc Party. While a few tracks here immediately jump out (most notably the incredibly catchy "Apply Some Pressure" and the gloriously chiming "Postcard of a Painting"), the entire album is remarkably consistent, and reveals its subtleties upon repeated listens. Even those jaded by the early-2000s neo-New Wave onslaught should be pleasantly surprised by A CERTAIN TRIGGER.

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