Maximo Park - Bristol Academy, 10th October 2022

While their counterparts from the mid-2000s have either split up (then reformed), gone into semi-retirement with an album every five years, or moved on to other less successful musical styles, Maximo Park have remained steadfast.

A loyal fanbase has been treated to a heady catalogue of material largely of generally the same style, yet of a consistently high quality. As such, a Greatest Hits (or, more accurately, Singles) tour seems long overdue.

Paul Smith informs us from the stage that the idea for this tour came about because a new song, ‘Great Art’, had no album to call a home, yet the design for these shows (the Singular Tour) seems geared around the release of a compilation album, though none has been forthcoming.

Smith alludes to the fact that the cost of vinyl is prohibitive these days, which may go some way to explain the missing piece of the jigsaw.

Regardless, the shows are an excuse for Smith and his bandmates (Duncan Lloyd on lead guitar, Tom English on drums, plus touring members Jemma Freese and Andrew Lowther) to revel in nostalgia, and Smith makes reference to knowing Lloyd and English for 20 years.

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