Maximo Park Release 'Risk To Exist'

UK Alternative pop mavens MAXIMO PARK have just released their sixth studio album, RISK TO EXIST, via Daylighting/Cooking Vinyl.

Risk To Exist sees Maximo Park in blistering form, bringing together their trademark hook-laden melodies and sense of urgency with off-kilter rock, soulful grooves and pop sensibilities. Informed by the dire state of world affairs in 2016 and crumbling political systems, their latest body of work is a vital record for our times.

You can hear and purchase the album today!
Digital: https://mp.lnk.to/RTEAS
Physical: https://mp.lnk.to/RTE2

And watch the impressively choreographed video for the track “Get High (No, I Don’t)” below.

LISTEN / EMBED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuSKQ51SYCI

Frontman Paul Smith says: "The album is, ultimately, about empathy. Some songs are simple messages of solidarity and others are fueled by anger at the elitist, established order of British society. There's a questioning of power throughout and a feeling that there must be a different way of structuring our society in order to alleviate inequality. Musically, the songs reflect more soulful and groove-based influences, allowing more space in the arrangements than ever before. The central idea is to align great pop melodies with songs that reflect the state of the nation.”

These are pop songs that talk about big issues without talking down to the listener; an album where the political is also the personal.

Risk To Exist was co-produced by Tom Schick (Wilco, Beck, White Denim) and Maximo Park. Keen for the inspiration of unfamiliar surroundings after writing the album in their native North-East, the band decamped to Wilco’s studio, The Loft in Chicago, in Autumn 2016. Recorded completely live, the recording represents another bold stylistic step for the band after 2014’s Top 10 Too Much Information. Maximo Park have also enlisted Mimi Parker from acclaimed US band Low for the record, whose voice lends its inimitable warmth to five album tracks, including lead single "Risk To Exist".

With 1,500,000 albums and four UK Top 10 albums under their belt to date, Maximo Park have once again shifted seamlessly into a higher gear. They have expertly crafted an infectious pop album for our time, confronting the crucial issues track by track, one monstrous hook at a time.

Maximo Park are Paul Smith (vocals), Duncan Lloyd (guitar), Lukas Wooller (keyboards) and Tom English (drums).