Maxïmo Park - Quicken The Heart (2009)

Artist: Maximo Park
Album: Quicken The Heart
Release Date: May 10, 2009
Genre: Indie Rock | Post-Punk
Label: Warp
Tracks: 12
Quality: 183kbit av.
Length: 37:31 min
Size: 49.44 MB
Password: RocknRolla

Tracklist:

1. Wraithlike 2:29
2. The Penultimate Clinch 2:36
3. The Kids Are Sick Again 2:59
4. A Cloud Of Mystery 3:01
5. Calm 3:07
6. In Another World (You'd Have Found Yourself By Now) 2:59
7. Let's Get Clinical 3:53
8. Roller Disco Dreams 3:25
9. Tanned 3:35
10. Questing, Not Coasting 3:41
11. Overland, West Of Suez 2:46
12. I Haven't Seen Her In Ages 3:00

Release Notes:

“Here’s a song that finally you can understand,” sings
frontman Paul Smith as he opens ‘Quicken The Heart’. Maxïmo
Park want people to sit up and listen, and their third record
could be the one that people can’t escape from.

Angular guitars and sing-along melodies propelled them to
success, while Smith’s arresting lyrical twists (and
wonderfully oddball dance moves) ensured they weren’t lost in
the throng of imitators. ‘Quicken The Heart’ will fill floors
and minds, but things are darker than before. Opening track
‘Wraithlike’ talks of faded memories and lost love, and lead
single ‘The Kids Are Sick Again’ paints a despairing picture
of a time when nothing seems worthwhile. Musically, too,
there’s anger and gloom in the album.

Building on the post-punk influences that have served them so
well, the band sharpen their riffs with some Gang Of
Four-inspired manoeuvres and launch into a Joy Division
bassline on second track ‘The Penultimate Clinch’. Luckily
they haven’t lost their knack for writing an infectious tune,
and the album packs more punch than their previous
long-player, ‘Our Earthly Pleasures’.

Though they’ve confidently conquered the tricky third album,
Maxïmo Park haven’t really changed their formula since their
debut. If ‘Apply Some Pressure’ and ‘Graffiti’ didn’t do it
for you then there’s not a lot here that will change your
mind. But momentum is a useful thing, and there are always new
listeners waiting to be impressed. While their last album shot
to number two in the charts, they could now be poised to go
right to the top and become one of the summer’s essential
bands.

IFolder