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Apr 21, 2017A record that fits neatly in to the Maxïmo Park canon, while seeking to distance itself from it subtly.
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Apr 21, 2017This is the freshest their music has felt for a while.
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Apr 21, 2017Thanks to the sincerity and strong melodies that have been Maximo Park's mainstays since the beginning, Risk to Exist combines good intentions with good music.
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Under The RadarApr 19, 2017Risk To Exist's strengths lie with great melodies set to lyrics that seem to predict the confusion and anxiety surrounding Brexit in their native country, along with the election of Donald trump. [Apr-Jun 2017, p.82]
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Apr 19, 2017Overall, this is a much better album from the now quartet from the North-East. 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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May 1, 2017As with every Maximo Park album since the underwhelming Quicken the Heart, Risk to Exist also has a nagging tendency to drastically change the template with underwhelming results. Sometimes it works.
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Apr 24, 2017As a tonic to the like-minded, these soul-tinged indie resistance anthems do their bit, if seldom approaching the euphoric lift-off of Maximo’s best songs.
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Apr 21, 2017As a lyrical and moral experiment it’s touching and does what it sets out to; as an auditory experience... not so much.
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Apr 21, 2017Risk To Exist is a cracking post-debate disco record, certainly, but no one ever changed the world over cocktails at Club Tropicana.
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Q MagazineApr 19, 2017They excel most on energetic, darkly comic songs. [Jun 2017, p.110]
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Apr 19, 2017There’s less of an exploratory bent to the record than there was last time out, on 2014's Too Much Information, and when there is a touch of that ambition, the band often revert to their comfort zone too quickly.