Our pick of the albums reviewed on these pages during the past seven days is the latest from Maximo Park, Nature Always Wins – here’s your chance to revisit the review and check out the album via Spotify.
“Fewer laws present themselves more accurately in music than that of diminishing returns.”
“Whether the times change, they change or both parties just agree to see other people, the list of outfits who’ve never topped their debut album is a lot longer than the one made up of artists who figured it all out much later in their careers.”
“Of course, there are some obvious exceptions: John, Paul, George and Ringo come to mind, while as a modern for instance, the Manic Street Preachers, who survived a couple of atypically pallid outings around the turn of the millennium before subsequently rediscovering much of their old hunger.”
“So, with this in mind, how are the veteran Maximo Park doing? Well, fine as it goes, although time invariably flies: it’s been more than three years since their defiantly expectation-busting Risk To Exist album railed against populism, the EU referendum result and the anti-migrant sentiment it unleashed.”
“Described as a ‘political funk’ album by singer Paul Smith, it was a record that preached without being preachy and recalibrated what even they thought they could do.”
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