Maximo Park will release their new album ‘The National Health‘ in June.
Out on the 11th of that month, the band’s fourth studio record is the follow up to 2009’s ‘Quicken The Heart‘ and will comprise 13 new tracks. “We’re in a global recession and everyone is being bombarded with bouncy, happy music,” frontman Paul Smith has said.
“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. See how you relate to yourself and hopefully someone else will have something in common with it. Our songs are built on empathy. I would hope it’s as vital a music as people would want to hear.”
The album will be previewed with shows at the Stoke Sugarmill on May 8th and York’s The Duchess on May 9th ahead of a scheduled appearance at the Great Escape festival in Brighton on May 10th.
‘The National Health’ tracklist:
‘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’