WARP LP WARPLP130B: Maxïmo Park - A Certain Trigger - 2015 UK SEALED
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Newcastle's angular pop quintet Maxïmo Park consist 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, Maxïmo 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. Maxïmo 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.
Maxïmo 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; Maxïmo 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, Maxïmo 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 Maxïmo 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. After Smith worked with the Brewis brothers on a pair of solo albums (2014's Frozen by Sight and the following year's Contradictions), Maxïmo Park returned in 2017 with Risk to Exist. Recorded at Wilco's Loft studio in Chicago and featuring backing vocals from Low's Mimi Parker, the band's sixth album reflected the turbulent times in which it was recorded. Ahead of the album's April release, the album's title track was released as a single that benefitted the refugee charity Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS). - Heather Phares
While Maxïmo Park might be relative latecomers to the post-punk/new wave revival, their debut album, A Certain Trigger, stakes out their own distinctive territory within that sound. Sonically speaking, the Newcastle band's mix of wiry guitars, sharply punctuated rhythms, and atmospheric keyboards is nothing new, even when compared to their fellow revivalists. What makes Maxïmo Park, and A Certain Trigger, special is the way the band captures the joys and frustrations of being young and cooped up in a small town -- they're bittersweet, angry, thoughtful, and funny, often within the course of the same song. Singer/lyricist Paul Smith's witty, occasionally poignant observations, coupled with his strong (and endearing) Geordie accent, add to the band's earnest, angry-young-man appeal. Indeed, Maxïmo Park are so good at writing anthems for love-lorn underdogs that they almost feel more akin, spiritually at least, to Pulp than to some of their contemporaries. Similarly, some of Smith's more quotable lyrics, such as "Postcard of a Painting"'s "I wrote my feelings down in a rush/I didn't even check the spelling," recall those other Smiths, and the song's jaunty melancholy is more than a little reminiscent of "This Charming Man." Several of A Certain Trigger's best songs were already released as singles, but when the songs are this good, it's hard to complain that they sound familiar. "Apply Some Pressure" is just as addictive and smart within the album's context as it was on its own; as it begins with spiky guitars and turns itself inside out with a synth-driven middle section, Smith hopes to get caught stealing and wonders if he'll even be alive next year, but boils it down to what's most important by the end of the song ("I hope that I will live to see you undress"). The boldly romantic "Graffiti" is very nearly as good, while "The Coast Is Changing" is sweet and soaring -- even the slightly cringe-inducing couplet "I am young and I am lost/You react to my riposte" underscores its heartfelt, if somewhat awkward, exuberance. Most of A Certain Trigger's album tracks sound like singles waiting to be discovered -- like their friends the Futureheads, a big part of Maxïmo Park's appeal is hearing them pack so many musical and lyrical ideas into songs that rarely pass the three-and-a-half-minute mark, like the wonderfully agile "Now I'm All Over the Shop" and "Kiss You Better." On the other hand, "Acrobat," a bittersweet, largely spoken word ballad propelled by chilly drum machines and synths, is a standout because it's so expansive and languid. Now that some of the novelty of Warp signing a post-punk-inspired band has worn off, it's easier to hear why they did: A Certain Trigger is a remarkably fresh-sounding debut album, with more than enough personality to transcend its retro leanings. - Heather Phares
To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Maximo Park’s debut album, A Certain Trigger, Warp are reissuing this stellar album on vinyl for the first time since it’s release. A Certain Trigger was originally released on May 16, 2005. It was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Prize in August of that year, and has gone onto sell over half a million copies worldwide.
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. WARP Records LP - FACTORY SEALED
Record Made in the EU (UK likely) Pressing is in STEREO
Record Speed: 33 rpm Record Made issued in: 2015
Record Catalog Number: WARPLP130B upc: 801061813017
Featured on this item: Maxïmo Park
Title / Music on this LP - A Certain Trigger Track Listings - A1. Signal And Sign - Written-By – D. Lloyd, P. Smith
A2. Apply Some Pressure - Written-By – D. Lloyd, P. Smith
A3. Graffiti - Written-By – D. Lloyd, P. Smith
A4. Postcard Of A Painting - Written-By – D. Lloyd, P. Smith
A5. Going Missing - Written-By – D. Lloyd, P. Smith
A6. I Want You To Stay - Written-By – L. Wooler, P. Smith
A7. Limassol - Written-By – A. Tiku*, P. Smith
B1. The Coast Is Always Changing - Written-By – D. Lloyd, P. Smith
B2. The Night I Lost My Head - Written-By – P. Smith
B3. Once, A Glimpse - Written-By – D. Lloyd, P. Smith
B4. Now I'm All Over The Shop - Written-By – D. Lloyd, P. Smith
B5. Acrobat - Written-By – L. Wooller, P. Smith
B6. Kiss You Better - Written-By – P. Smith
Performed By / Credits / Other Information on this LP include -
• Phonographic Copyright (p) (c) – Warp Records Limited • A&R – Steve Beckett
• Bass – Archis Tiku
• Drums – Tom English
• Engineer – Alan O'Connell
• Guitar – Duncan Lloyd
• Keyboards – Lukas Wooller
• Mixed By – Rich Costey
• Producer – Paul Epworth
• Vocals – Paul Smith
10th anniversary edition.
• Barcode (Scanned): 801061813017 CONDITION Details: LP Jacket:
The jacket is in MINT condition - no seam splits, cut out marks or corner dings - FACTORY SEALED! The LP (vinyl) itself:
The LP is assumed to be in MINT condition as this item is FACTORY SEALED! This is the mint copy you want for your collection - any super picky audiophile would be happy with this one!
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