Maxïmo Park announce new album ‘Stream Of Life’, share single ‘Your Own Worst Enemy’
24.05.2024 - 19:17
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Maxïmo Park have announced their new album ‘Stream Of Life’, and have shared the new single ‘Your Own Worst Enemy’ – listen below.It will be the Newcastle band’s eighth studio record and will be released on September 27 via Lower Third. The LP marks the group’s first fully collaborative album since 2017’s ‘Risk to Exist’ (excepting the COVID-era ‘Nature Always Wins’ in 2021).
It is produced by Ben Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective) and Burke Reid (Courtney Barnett, Sports Team). Pre-order the album here.Speaking about the new single, frontman Paul Smith has said: “‘Your Own Worst Enemy’ has a different feel to anything we’ve done before – loose and lean, yet still rocking! It’s about that horrible feeling where you suddenly realise you’ve made a familiar error, and also the lies we tell each other on a daily basis to avoid confrontation or turmoil.”Listen to the song below:Smith has also commented on the album.
“We’ve always tried to document the world around us at each stage of our lives while subtly nudging the music forward each time – this record continues that mission,” he said.“It was great to be back in a studio after recording remotely last time. Working with Ben in Atlanta, and Burke in Byker, was as stimulating as it’s ever been, and I think we captured that energy.
Thematically, the record covers passion, politics, and privilege amongst other topics.”In March, the band released the first song from the album, ‘Favourite Songs’, their first new material in over 18 months. Smith addressed the camera directly in the black-and-white video, with swirling visuals of the city around him.
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