Unearthed: "The Coast is Always Changing" by Maximo Park

Okay, not much unearthing to do here, this video is only about three years old but I felt the need to give it some love. If you dig The Editors, Interpol, Stellastarr*, Art Brut and even The Jam, pick up A Certain Trigger, it’s one of my top records of the past few years. Here’s what I wrote it about back in 2006:

“Apply Some Pressure” is the most inspired and finely orchestrated piece of pop-rock I’ve eaten up this year. It’s incredibly infectious and smartly delivered. Vocalist Paul Smith has a dramatic Paul Weller delivery that combines the spirit and spunk of The Jam with the modern rump-shaking sounds of The Futureheads. These highly-charged chaps from Newcastle, England motor along merrily with inventive and twisty alacrity for the majority of the CD, but really excel when they slow it down a bit and let Smith belt out some serious singing. “Going Missing” is exquisitely heartfelt and “I Want You to Stay” starts as simple little hand-clapper and blossoms into the CD’s most satisfying track.

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