Originally written by Colin Roberts · 2 February 2005
Having successfully completed their debut album with producer-extraordinaire, Mr. Paul Epworth (Futureheads, Bloc Party) the band release the excellent new single 'Apply Some Pressure' through Warp Records on February 21st. In addition to this, longer-standing Maximo fans will be interested/disappointed to learn that their self-financed debut 7" 'Going Missing' is now changing hands on eBay for upwards of £50.
The band have also announced that during the US industry-fest South by Southwest in March, they will be playing a poolside show with friends The Bravery, after which they shall be flying to Tokyo to start their tour of Japan. Let's hope that the band don't suffer the same fate which struck them whilst on the road in the UK with The Futureheads, whereby the contents of their van (including their shoes) were stolen and not recovered.
Expect a review and some more excitement around Warp's first 'indie' signings throughout February & March.
Catch them live at the following:
February 2005 4 Newcastle Northumbria University 5 London Frog 9 Berlin Magnet club 10 Cologne Gebaude 13 Leeds Cockpit supporting LCD Soundsystem 14 Wolverhampton Little Civic 15 Birmingham Jug Of Ale 16 London Infinity Club White Heat 17 Exeter Cavern 19 Bristol Louisiana 20 Liverpool Barfly 21 Newcastle Cluny 21 Newcastle HMV Instore 5pm 22 Glasgow Barfly 24 Sheffield University (Fuzz Club) 25 Manchester Dry Bar 26 Middlesborough Empire
March 2005 10 London Camden Crawl Festival
Hear the band and watch their vids on their website here.
Photo by: Sonia Melot