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Risk To Exist

Maxïmo Park

Risk To Exist

Sixth album of post-punk indie rock from the Newcastle-based quartet

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6.5

Label
Daylighting
UK Release date
21/04/2017
US Release date
21/04/2017
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  1. 8.0 |   The Music

    Manic energy, wit and dynamism has defined the band's sound since they first blasted onto our dancefloors in 2005. With this record they've evolved to add a reflective gloss
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It feels like a mission statement for a band who deserve the utmost credit for using their platform to stand up so vehemently for their beliefs
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  3. 8.0 |   Clash

    A record that fits neatly in to the Maxïmo Park canon, while seeking to distance itself from it subtly
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  4. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    They’ve churned out a few middling albums more than necessary along the way but Maxïmo Park have not risked their reputation any harm with ‘Risk To Exist’, a fine reaffirmation of their bestest musical features and more
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  5. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    While it is still a long way from achieving the status of A Certain Trigger, Risk To Exist reveals Maxïmo Park in a new light and is certainly a step in the right direction
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  6. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Their fans will love this and anyone ready for pop music feistily irritated with the state of things would do well to lend an ear
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  7. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Still, the album’s measured political message is carried off with assurance and poise, the on-the-nose misstep of Work and Then Wait excepted. That we still have a prominent indie rock outfit capable of pulling that off is reassuring in the current climate
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  8. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    Mximo Park are guilty of their own core vote strategy on the album’s familiar, bristling indie tunes
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  9. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Tub-thumping with soul
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  10. 6.0 |   NME

    A cracking post-debate disco record, certainly, but no one ever changed the world over cocktails at Club Tropicana
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  11. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    These well-intentioned rallying cries state their case with tasteful finesse, even if it could’ve used more of the firebrand glee of their past work
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  12. 4.0 |   God Is In The TV

    A record so worthy and self-conscious, with none of the urgency or excitement of the usual Maximo Park experience
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