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Maximo Park: Graffiti

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by Gareth Dobson
Ah Maxeemo Park. Let us count the ways in which we think you're great. Well, there's 'Apply Some Pressure', 'The Coast Is Always Changing' and 'The Night I lost My Head'; all the singles so far have ticked all the boxes. A collection of uber-literate pop thrills, like.

To that discography, add 'Graffiti'. Not quite as gut-bustingly brilliant as 'Apply Some Pressure', but still enough of a humour/art/good chord progression thrill to give it a pair of air-touching thumbs. The chorus of "I'll do graffiti if you sing to me in French" is of course, nonsense, but so is that refrain about "crossing the streams" which is either a glorious nod to Ghostbusters, or... not. It doesn't matter. Gone are the times of Papa Roach and garage rock, enjoy a slice of pop toast liberally dribbling with art-butter. What a terrible simile. Fuck it, 'Graffiti' is great.

  • Maximo Park 8 / 10

Maximo Park - Graffiti

Love this band. I must own their album. Goddammit, it's still only April.

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iv heard it :P
its good, the penultimate track is really good, completely different to everything else on the album

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QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST ALBUM IN TERMS OF SHEER VOLUME OF "GREAT" SONGS THAT I'VE HEARD IN A LONG, LONG TIME!!

Maximo Park - Graffiti

Where the hell do they find this endless supply of big FAT tunes?

The album is RATHER SPIFFY.

Maximo Park - Graffiti

Yay this band. That is all.

Even if the singer looks like Alan Partridge. Not Steve Coogan. Alan Partridge.

Maximo Park - Graffiti

Definitely want to go see them next week, they write good pop tunes that I like listening to...which is a good thing.

Maximo Park - Graffiti

great stuff millllllllllllesss better than the kaisers/the depearture.

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Where do you buy this 'art butter'?

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is it a Brando-easque concoction a la Arse Butter?

Maximo Park - Graffiti

Or the bread that makes pop toast? I'd like some of that. Not pop tarts, mind. They are horrible.

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pop tarts? horrible? pah ...

Maximo Park - Graffiti

i think that would actually be a terrible metaphor! x

Maximo Park - Graffiti

I like Maximo Park but this is the weakest of the songs I've heard, really don't like it.

Maximo Park - Graffiti

Ouch. Never heard them before I listened to this , but I see another bunch of jokers have joined the ranks of horrendous Edgy Ironic 'Art Punk' bands who only wear black slip-on shoes. The Monochrome Set did exactly this type of music to death in the 80s, AND SINGING SILLY THINGS WASN'T FUNNY THEN AND IT STILL ISN'T NOW.

Maximo Park - Graffiti

MAXIMO all the way.