He was a regular spot in the crowd at ATPs, too
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First 2 albums are great.
Other LPs are good with great highlights.
The latest album that done well in the charts is surprisingly good.
First I’ve heard of this best of/singles tour but would go if it comes over here for sure.
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King Krule, Fontaines DC, Gilla Band, black midi have all had multiple releases that are infinitely more interesting the Maximo Park IMO
Aye fair point, maybe
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Last few Cate le bon albums were definitely better than any Maximo Park record, does that count as guitar music though?
Can’t believe autocorrect neutered your insult here.
Although if I imagine Danny Dyer saying it, it still works 
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‘interesting’ doesn’t mean good BTW…
Interesting point
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Ah, I forgot that they’re one of those bands are inexplicably disliked on DiS despite getting recognition and respect by most other people. My bad.
^ At it
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Balls 
Well, black midi and King Krule’s output is enough to get us by!
Yes, Black Midi sure are ‘interesting’.
Couldn’t resist sorry. I just don’t really get the impulse to lump Maximo in with landfill or to call them outright awful. Are they not similar to Fontaines in a way? Bookish, ideas-slightly-above-their-station etc
Surprised more people don’t like Graffiti
Not sure if this sentence makes sense
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They weren’t outright landfill but were often on bills with bands that were. Quite literate and tasteful, just a bit dull and yer man’s vocal delivery always sounded a bit like he was singing the hockey cokey.
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Tbf I’ve been careful not to label them landfill as they’re one of the few bands of that era that where I actually remember what they sound like. Not that that’s a good thing
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Haven’t listened to a huge amount of theirs, but Our Velocity is one of the best pop songs of all time. Multiple different bits catchy enough to be a chorus, the bit where the different vocal parts overlap, the “love is a lie” bit, perfection.
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Couple of good singles on the first 2 albums. Not sure I ever listened to either of them in full and I haven’t kept up with them since.
Apply Some Pressure and Our Velocity are quite good aren’t they
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The main guy once threw a half empty can of diet red bull into the crowd at EOTR. Absolute prize dickhead behaviour. No tunes. Not even top 5 bands that made a record better than any UK guitar record in the last 5 years.
Big fan. First came across them supporting a very lacklustre Idlewild in 2006/7, and they blew them offstage. I’ll go see them whenever they come through town, so am probably approaching double digits for the number of shows I’ve seen now. Still a great live act. Second album is the best, played it solidly for months when it came out, but there isn’t a dog in the catalogue. Might even go to a five as they’re one of the few acts my wife and I agree on.
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