Prefab Sprout - Desire As - CBS
Red House Painters - Summer Dress - Warner Bros
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See.. - Ume Imports
The Go Betweens - Cattle And Cane - Stunn
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot - The Catalogue
Arthur Russell - A Little Lost - Soul Jazz
Young Marble Giants - Wurlitzer Jukebox - Rough Trade
Life Without Buildings - Juno - Tugboat
Maximo Park - A Cloud Of Mystery - Warp
Low - Two Step - Tugboat
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions- Rattlesnakes- Polydor
Clipse - Momma Im Sorry - Zomba Records
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Who Will The Next Fool Be - Ace Records
Headphone Highlights
Maximo Park
Warp, Newcastle, UK
Conceived in 2003, Newcastle's angular pop quintet Maximo Park adapted their name from Maximo Gomez Park, a Havana meeting place for Cuban revolutionaries. Initially, the four founding members were an avant-garde band without a singer who didn't play shows and rehearsed just for their own pleasure, frequently switching instruments. On the verge of splitting up, they instead decided to look for somebody to provide more of a focus when drummer Tom Englishs girlfriend discovered Paul Smith in a pub while he was singing along to Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition'. In early 2004 they caught the ears of Warp Records, which despite being a mostly electronic label signed them and released their second single early in 2005. Like their friends and neighbours the Futureheads, Maximo Park craft smart, sharply catchy songs inspired by post-punk and new wave legends some of whom feature in their Headphone Highlights alongside a couple of unexpected surprises like Clipse and Bobby Bland! Take a walk in the park.
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