Another Form of Relief

Of all of the somewhat popular British bands around at the moment, I find Maximo Park to be the most tolerable. Whilst most of the others tend to cause at least minor ear bleeding, these guys at least seem able to string a creative song together. Their first album, A Certain Trigger, left me slightly cold, but I really enjoy the majority of Our Earthly Pleasures. While there is nothing about them that would ever give me cause to call them a favourite band or the such, most of their songs are pretty damn good. If this is what passes as mainstream these days, things can’t be too bad.