Apr
21
Maxïmo Park @ Melkweg
Tagged as Photography, Free time, Music
I admit, I didn’t know their music very well. In fact, I hardly new a song or two from their first album, and got to listen to their new album “Our Earthly Pleasures” just a copule of days before the concert. So I headed to Melkweg on Thursday night as a blank page, as an undercover stranger to mingle amogst the dedicated fans. Maxïmo Park @ Melkweg in Amsterdam.
Seeing a band you don’t know is fun! You can always leave after the first song (happened to me with The Engineers) or after first three songs (happened to me with Nine Black Alps) to go spend the night in some unplanned, spontaneous way. Or you can see a band you don’t know and fall in love with the music and the band for ever! (happened to me with Audioslave, although I knew the Soundgarden and RATM very well before).
Maxïmo Park did suprise me in a very positive, pleasant way. First of all, good music! Paul Smith, a charismatic and friendly lead singer spoke a bit before nearly every song, explaining what the songs were about in a few fords. Very much focused on human themes. The band seemed to have good time, just after some three songs Paul mentioned that they will be back to A’dam every week from now on. Hmmm, I would quite like that! The crowd had good fun too, there was some crowd diving, stage diving, people singing along with the band. Since I didn’t know the songs I better kept quiet, enjoyed this very good concert and tried to make some photos instead.
