Newcastle indie rock band Maximo Park have aired their new single “Quiz Show Clue“, accompanied by a music video.
The track serves as the third taste of their forthcoming album ‘Stream of Life’, due to be released on September 27 via Lower Third. Pre-order your copy here.
The band have also announced a run of album launch shows set to take place in September, in conjunction with local independent record shops. Full dates can be found below.
So far the band have shared the record’s lean and direct lead single “Your Own Worst Enemy”, and the brisk power-pop of “The End Can Be As Good As The Start“. Having explored in those songs the cyclical nature of mistake-making and the strength it takes to hold onto faith in the future, ‘Quiz Show Clue’ looks at how we ascribe value to ourselves.
Lead singer Paul Smith had the following to say about it: “This song is a tongue-in-cheek take on being left behind or ignored by society. It mirrors my own working-class art-school background, but surely everybody feels like a nobody at some point?!”
Watch /listen now.
Maxïmo Park – 2024 Album Launch Shows
22 Sept – Northumbria Uni Reds (with Reflex Records), Newcastle, UK
23 Sept – Brudenell (with Crash Records), Leeds, UK
24 Sept – Metronome (with Rough Trade), Nottingham, UK
26 Sept – Pryzm (with Banquet Records), London, UK
‘Stream of Life’ Tracklist:
- Your Own Worst Enemy
- Favourite Songs
- Dormant ‘Til Explosion (Feat. Vanessa Briscoe Hay)
- The End Can Be As Good As The Start
- Armchair View
- Quiz Show Club
- Stream Of Life
- Doppelgänger Eyes
- I Knew You’d Say That
- The Path I Chose
- No Such Thing As A Society
Photo credit: Moja
