Wow, yet another British indie rock-pop band! A bit of a cliché nowadays, no?

Actually, surprisingly not when it comes to Maxïmo Park. Despite the overwhelming presence of British bands in the current ‘indie rock-pop’ scene, they manage to be rather fresh, exciting, and pretty darned fun to listen to. Sometimes it comes off a little too ‘polished’, like the band doesn’t want to take any risks whatsoever, but that’s not a bad thing once in a while, and overall it’s a really nice listen. I mean, who wouldn’t want to listen to songs about girls who play guitar?*

It’s just a shame that their currently touring, but the only Sydney show they did was the Playground Weekender, out at Hawkesbury. No sideshow in Sydney! Totally cut.

Download Our Velocity and Books from Boxes (not my first choices, but there’s limited availability out there!).

*I would! Face it, they’re totally hot.