fair review.
good single, but i cant see the album being more than a 3& 1/2 - 4. making me think its highly unlikly that theyl be around "next year". meh, good for now.

I really like this one, like you said, great pop tune. I'm sure i'll be bored of it after listening to it a few more times, disposable compared to The coast is always changing which i seemed to have developed almost religious listening habits for... Is it me or does this sound a bit Les Savy Fav-ish in the verses??

I think this a great track. They have enough catchy tunes from what I've heard so far to make a good album. It's produced by Paul Epworth, so therefore great.

Think this tune should be granted more than three stars. As the review commented this is 'a great pop song', one of the best of the year thus far methinks. Apply some pressure is very 'now' which is a damn fine trait, but why does a song have to be remembered 5 years down the line to deserve at least 4 stars?

For the record i think the 'Park are gonna be big anyways, but i don't see why they should be discriminated against just because they don't attempt to write anything but catchy, fulfiling pop tunes that everyone will enjoy.

great song, love the fact it's a happy pop tune about depressing fatalism. hey hey.

'lower division peers'
I like that !
For me the Maximo Park singles have been really average and deserve no more than 2/5.
Great review, not biased by the current hype.

That's a terrible review. How can Michael Diver possibly know how history will treat Maximo Park? IIRC, most if not all great pop music which stands the test of time also sounds defiantly of its time. That's what makes it *timeless*. Duh.

A review of the record itself rather than a brief summary of current trends (yawn) in the music industry would be nice.

In any case, Maximo Park are much better than almost all of the cited "big hitters" (pfft) quite simply because they have better tunes, of which this is one. Don't forget that not very long ago at all, Franz were somebody's "lower division peers". Don't underestimate this North-east thing. Most of these bands are ten times more talented than this week's Bloc Party.

Lower peers? It's a bit odd in the way that Micheal refers to this band. Obviously he has heard of Franz and Bloc Party before Maximo Park, but if he knew his history about the bands that are gaining notoriety now, he'll also realise that they all formed around the same time, of course they can't all be signed and get some mainstream following at the same time, but if he watches a Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party and then Maximo Park live show he'll realise how different they actually sound and heres a band that has both diversity and actual tunes unlike most of these other one trick ponies, naive he might be but all music journalstists have to start somewhere if they can't actually make music themselves.

And one more gripe from a bored scouse; For a band who werent played on daytime radio or have their faces all over the NME or review sheets (hardly overhyped!) they've done great to hit the top20 this week , after word of mouth and alot of touring. Something real there I think, but i'm sure someone else has something to say about that.

"so catchy the milkman will be whistling it whilst on the job with your mum"!!!!