Pitchfork

The rhythmically restless Brits in Maxïmo Park have delivered on the promises Paul Smith made in his August interview with Pitchfork and given their second album an April 2 release date on Warp Records. Our Earthly Pleasures-- the follow-up to 2005's A Certain Trigger-- has 12 songs, including first single "Our Velocity".

Warp will release the single March 19 with exclusive B-sides in various formats. The album was produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters, Throwing Muses).

Maxïmo Park also have a handful of tour dates scheduled in the coming months, and they'll be heading to places as far-reaching as Moscow and Istanbul.

Tracklist:

01 Girls Who Play Guitars
02 Our Velocity
03 Books From Boxes
04 Russian Literature
05 Karaoke Plays
06 Your Urge
07 The Unshockable
08 By the Monument
09 Nosebleed
10 A Fortnight's Time
11 Sandblasted and Set Free
12 Parisian Skies

Dates:

01-25 Moscow, Russia - B1 Club
01-27 Istanbul, Turkey - Yeni Melek
02-20 Newcastle, England - Stage 2
02-21 London, England - Astoria (ShockWaves NME Awards)
04-21 Bourges, France - Bourges Festival