release date: Jun. 11, 2012
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5]
Track highlights: 2. "The National Health" - 3. "Hips and Lips" (3 / 5) - 4. "The Undercurrents" (4 / 5) (live session) - 6. "Reluctant Love" (3,5 / 5) (live) - 7. "Until the Earth Would Open" (3,5 / 5) - 9. "This Is What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" - 10. "Wolf Among Men"
4th studio album by the Scottish band Maxïmo Park released on V2 records. The style is by some regarded as post-punk revival. Well, the style actually comes close to a fine combination of two other British bands: Editors and Scottish Snow Patrol, and frankly they simply play energetic alt. rock and indie pop / rock, which is a long way from Interpol and Bloc Party. They have sort of evolved from a more simple and raw form of what may be labelled as post-punk "inspiration" to a more voluminous sound utilizing synths and keyboards not unlike the other bands mentioned. Maxïmo Park make sing-a-long choruses with a guitar-driven 18-wheeler truck. It's great for background noise or uptempo music in the car cd-player. "The Undercurrents" is a great track but also very close to the sound of Snow Patrol. I think, this is their best album so far.
