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Maxïmo Park have more in common with Travis than travel plans; turns out, they're both fond of the winking cover of the ubiquitous American pop tune. Much like Travis' semi-earnest take on Britney's "...Baby One More Time", Maxïmo Park have-- according to NME.com-- stuck "Like I Love You", a cover of Justin Timberlake's first solo hit, onto the single for "Karaoke Plays".

The Warp-issued single-- from this year's Our Earthly Pleasures disc-- will see UK release November 12.

Apart from the recent re-Neptuning, the "Karaoke" single furthers the band's "Obituary Series", this time memorializing French postmodernist philosopher Jean Baudrillard, author painter Jonathan Coleman, and Labour party stalwart calypso singer George Brown.

UPDATE: Pitchfork was given incorrect information about the "Obituary Series" subjects on this single, via the band's publicist and NME.com. The band set the record straight in a MySpace post.

The disc-- both on CD and 7", with different B-sides for each-- will not get a proper U.S. release, though it will be available for import. Full Maxïmo dates after the jump.

"Karaoke Plays" CD:

01 Karaoke Plays
02 George Brown
03 Like I Love You

"Karaoke Plays" 7":

A1 Karaoke Plays
B1 Jean Baudrillard
B2 Jonathan Coleman

The music should groove your bones:

10-10 Wolverhampton, England - Civic Hall ^$
10-11 London, England - Brixton Academy ^$
10-12 London, England - Brixton Academy $
10-13 London, England - Brixton Academy
10-16 Cologne, Germany - Palladium
10-17 Hamburg, Germany - Docks
10-18 Hamburg, Germany - Docks
10-19 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
10-21 Dresden, Germany - Schlachthof
10-22 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
10-23 Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn
10-24 Munich, Germany - Tonhalle
10-26 Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
10-27 Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-son
10-28 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
11-13 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall #
11-14 Edmonton, Alberta - Event Center #
11-16 Vancouver, British Columbia - PA Center #
11-17 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre #
11-18 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom #
11-20 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre #
11-21 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre #
11-23 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint #
11-24 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues #
11-25 Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theatre #
11-26 San Diego, CA - House of Blues #
12-15 Newcastle, England - Metro Radio Arena $

$ with Good Shoes
^ with Theoretical Girl
# with Travis