Maximo Park front man Paul Smith is set to release his first solo album in October. Entitled Margins, the album is being released on his own Billingham label and will be preceded by the single North Atlantic Drift. In the studio he was helped out by Field Music’s David and Peter Brewis, but Maximo Park fans need not fear that the band has split up – the press release for this album assures us that the band are working on new material. You can download one of rock music’s most erudite and literary front man’s new single here