Maximo Park have unveiled their new single ‘Hips and Lips‘, the first to be taken from new album ‘The National Health‘.
Both album and single will be released on June 11th. “We’re in a global recession and everyone is being bombarded with bouncy, happy music,” frontman Paul Smith said when announcing the album last month.
“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 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’