"The wrong side of the buffet coin!"

It hopefully hasn't escaped your notice that the darlings of 2005, Maxïmo Park, have returned with a new single, 'Our Velocity'; a new album, 'Our Earthly Pleasures'; and a new hat on singer Paul Smith's head.

We met up with that very same Paul Smith and asked him to discuss the relative delights of sex, socks and having a wee after holding it in...