Maximo Park Reveal New Single, Live Shows

Maximo Park have revealed their new single ‘Hips And Lips’.

The track, taken from new album ‘The National Health’, got it’s first play tonight (24th April) via Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show.

The LP is set for release on June 11th. Speaking about the record, frontman Paul Smith says: ‘We’re in a global recession and everyone is being bombarded with bouncy, happy music. The nation is out of control and the record is about taking back control, and being a force for change in your own life. It can’t speak for everybody but it has its eyes and ears all around us… that’s always been a Maximo Park thing: look at yourself.’

The band are also set to hit the road this June, playing shows in Birmingham, Manchester & London. The dates read:

June
6 Birmingham Glee Club
7 Manchester Sound COntrol
8 London Heaven

The tracklisting is as follows:

‘When I Was Wild’
‘The National Health’
‘Hips And Lips’
‘The Undercurrents’
‘Write This Down’
‘Reluctant Love’
‘Until The Earth Would Open’
‘Banlieue’
‘This Is What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted’
‘Wolf Among Men’
‘Take Me Home’
‘Unfamiliar Places’
‘Waves of Fear’