Our Earthly Pleasures - Maximo Park Reviews

After Maximo Park's first album I was expecting more of the same and they provided it in sorts. The songs on this album live up to the fast paced nature of the first album but they have changed to sound a bit too similar to several other bands currently around. Don't get me wrong the album is very good but it just disappointed me slightly as they ...  Read the complete review

OUR EARTHLY PLEASURES is the title of indie rock band MAXIMO PARK'S album. The album contains twelve tracks that range from rock songs to softer indie tracks. The album kicks off with GIRLS WHO PLAY GUITARS. A really fast paced song with some great guitar and drum work that sets the tone of the album instantly. OUR ...  Read the complete review

I love this album, its really catchy and with thoughproking lyrics at the same time. The current line up of the band is that of a five piece Tom English - drums Duncan Llyod - Guitars Paul Smith - Vocals Archis Tiku - Bass Lukas Wooller - Keyboard Track by Track ...  Read the complete review

Our Earthly Pleasures is the second album from amazing North Eastern indie rockers Maxïmo Park. To give a very brief description, the band consists of five members, who collected together and formed in Newcastle, England and they are mainly classed as a band from the genre referred to as Indie Rock. A bit more of an extensive description of ...  Read the complete review

I do like to try out new indie bands every so often and after hearing Maximo Park on the Radio 1 live lounge I decided to buy their album Our Earthly Pleasures. I think the band hail from Newcastle and certainly on some of the songs you can detect a Geordie accent from lead singer Paul Smith. In all they are a five piece band with Tom ...  Read the complete review

~~Introduction~~ Maximo Park have the privilege of holding 7 places out of 10 of my most played songs on iTunes, which has been the state for at least 6 months now. There is a reason for this is that whatever mood I'm in, I always feel like listening to them. Sometimes I don't feel like listening to some of my other favourite bands, but ...  Read the complete review

Style/Influences Maximo Park belongs to the explosive new genre entering the music scene. Sometimes called pop-punk, sometimes indie-rock Maximo Park gives a thoroughly enjoyable sound. It has a solid foundation of hard rock, quirkily combined with an element of punk that allows Maximo Punk to stand out from other bands who tend to ...  Read the complete review

"Thanks for listening to this music - it's yours" is the last line of the album booklet and to me, it says next to everything that needs to be said about this album. There are 12 tracks, the sound is a mixture of rock and pop and the tracks range from being upbeat, and brilliant to sing along to, to more mellow and easy ...  Read the complete review

After the release of 2005’s A Certain Trigger, Maximo Park have become one of my favourite current bands. Coupled with an amazing live performance and a number of B-sides that have more plays on my Ipod then some new albums and it really illustrates how much I like them. So when it was announced that the follow up, Our Earthly Pleasure was going ...  Read the complete review