Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

Hopefully they’ll return in 2010.

View all nixed gigs here.

MP3: Maximo Park - Wraithlike

Enjoy the entirety of this weekend’s poignant interview in the feature below.

MP3: Maximo Park - Wraithlike

Catch ‘em this September at:

Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival (6)
Vancouver, BC Richard’s on Richards (7)
Portland, OR Berbati’s Pan (8)
San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom (10)
Los Angeles, CA Avalon (11)
San Diego, CA House Of Blues (12)
Denver, CO Bluebird Theater (14)
Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe (16)
Chicago, IL Metro (17)
Toronto, Ontario Lee’s Place (18)
Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club (20)
New York, NY Webster Hall (21)
Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live (24)
Washington, DC Black Cat (25)

Quicken The Heart is out this month!

Visit Maximo Park on MySpace.

MP3: Maximo Park - Wraithlike

Enjoy ‘Wraithlike’ at bottom.

Quicken The Heart will see daylight in May.

Catch the band on their upcoming UK trek.

Visit Maximo Park on MySpace.

MP3: Maximo Park - Wraithlike

Quicken The Heart will see daylight in May.

Catch the band on their upcoming UK trek.

Visit Maximo Park on MySpace.

MP3: Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure

All dates are as follows:

Newcastle Academy (May 14)
Glasgow Academy (May 15)
Liverpool University (May 16)
Southampton Guildhall (May 18)
Birmingham Academy (May 19)
Nottingham Rock City (May 20)
Leeds Academy (May 22)
Manchester Academy (May 23)
Norwich UEA (May 24)
London Brixton Academy (May 27)
Bristol Academy (May 28)

Visit Maximo Park at the band’s official site.

MP3: Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure

View all dates for the joint sojourn below:

11/13 — Calgary, AB — MacEwan Hall
11/14 — Edmonton, AB — Event Center
11/16 — Vancouver, BC — PA Center
11/17 - Seattle, WA — Moore
11/18 - Portland, OR — Crystal Ballroom
11/20 - San Francisco, CA — Warfield
11/21 - Los Angeles, CA — Wiltern
11/23 - Las Vegas, NV — Joint
11/24 - Anaheim, CA — House of Blues
11/25 –Phoenix, AZ — Celebrity Theatre
11/26 - San Diego, CA – House of Blues

MP3: Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure

How ‘97 of them!

NME reports: Maximo Park have announced they are to mark the release of their new album ‘Our Earthly Pleasures’ on April 2, with a special one-off gig on the roof of The Baltic Centre For Contemporary Arts in Newcastle on March 28.

A small allocation of tickets will be available from Newcastle record shop RPM at 10am on 27 March. Fans are being urged to turn up early for the chance to buy tickets. The band’s new single ‘Our Velocity’ is released today (March 19).

MP3: Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure

It will be titled Our Earthly Pleasures and will see the light of day 4/2 (in the UK, no word yet for the Stateside release date). Here’s more from NME:

Singer Paul Smith said of the record: “Thanks to two years of touring the world and with the contribution of Gil Norton, ‘Our Earthly Pleasures’ is a heavy, eye-opening record. It’s rock music without the clichés, dealing with the world on an emotional level. Ultimately we want to reach as many people as possible because we feel this record has the ability to inspire and affect people.”

‘Girls Who Play Guitars’
‘Our Velocity’
‘Books From Boxes’
‘Russian Literature’
‘Karaoke Plays’
‘Your Urge’
‘The Unshockable’
‘By The Monument’
‘Nosebleed’
‘A Fortnight’s Time’
‘Sandblasted And Set Free’
‘Parisian Skies’

Is it just me or does it seem as if most of these titles alone are foreshadowing a lackluster follow-up? I surely hope I’m wrong though, A Certain Trigger had a certain swagger to it that I truly enjoyed.

In other news, if you haven’t already heard, most of the Coachella band list has been leaked and it includes Rage Against The Machine, Air, Bjork, Crowded House, The Arcade Fire, Interpol and a slew of others, check out BV for all the info!

MP3: Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure