Newcastle-based indie-rockers Maxïmo Park have today released a special deluxe edition of their Mercury Prize-nominated debut album A Certain Trigger to mark its 20th anniversary.
The Mercury Prize-nominated record, produced by Paul Epworth, contained a trio of iconic singles in Apply Some Pressure, Graffiti, and Going Missing, which remain fan favourites to this day.
It’s available on a variety of different formats including a single LP, double gatefold LP, and triple LP collection, and a deluxe 2CD set.
The double and triple vinyl editions will include the B-sides album Missing Songs, which features the likes of A19, Isolation, and My Life in Reverse.
Additionally, the triple vinyl will feature a third LP of rarities and B-sides including Wasteland, Limassol (First Avenue demo), The Coast Is Always Changing (Dilston Road demo), and Kiss You Better (BBC Radio 2 Janice Long session) to name a few. These will also appear on the Rarities & B-Sides CD.
Lead singer Paul Smith says: “We’ve worked hard to make this reissue worth the listener’s while, and to celebrate both the album itself and the context in which we made it.
“Delving into the archive has stirred so many memories – mostly good ones! The album documents a time and place in our lives, but we had no idea that it would eventually serve the same purpose for so many other people.”
Released into a scene soon to become dominated by guitar bands, Maxïmo Park were the bookish, livewire outsiders, bursting with punk power, pop sensibility and literary smarts. And while others have fallen by the wayside, they’re still going strong, releasing eighth studio album Stream Of Life last year.
Even their signing to Warp records – a label predominantly known for its experimental and electronic roster at the time – suggested a band with its eyes set beyond the horizon.
A Certain Trigger still packs as much power today as it did 20 years ago. You can buy the reissue collections HERE.
The band will be performing songs from A Certain Trigger and their greatest hits across the UK in 2026. The tour sees them return to London’s O2 Academy Brixton – the site of many a sold-out show through the A Certain Trigger era.
It will culminate in two hometown shows at Newcastle’s legendary O2 City Hall On February 21 and 22. The first date is sold out, but tickets for the second night and all other shows are on sale HERE.
