Maximo Park - As Long As We Keep Moving - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Risk To Exist' sees Maximo Park on 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.'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 it's 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.The album launches on the 20th Janury with title track 'Risk to Exist' premiering on BBC 6 music with Steve Lamacq, and will be released on the 21st of April 2017

FOR FANS OF Soen, Leprous, Tesseract, Devin TownsendWith their highly anticipated third full-length album InchDream ChaserInchNorwegian Progressive Metal masters Rendezvous Point are following thefootsteps from their critically acclaimed sophomore album InchUniversal ChaosInch. The 5-piece around Leprous drummer Baard Kolstad, keyboardistNicolay Tangen Svennæs, singer Geirmund Hansen, guitarist Petter Hallaråker and bass player Gunn-Hilde Erstad continues to push boundaries withmore concise songwriting and a wider focus on groove, riffs, melodies and hooks. InchDream ChaserInch delves deep into the realm of artistic exploration,focusing on the relentless pursuit of perfection. With themes ranging from societal disillusionment to personal growth, InchDream ChaserInch is offering acompelling glimpse into the human experience. Rendezvous Point invites listeners to join them on their journey exploring the complexities of modernexistence and the depths of emotional turmoil.

Maxïmo Park's eighth studio album, Stream Of Life, saw the band link up once again with Ben Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective), Grammy-winning producer of 2021's near-chart-topping, pandemic-era tour de force Nature Always Wins, and as a result it marks the first time they have all been together in a studio to make an album since 2016. Their previous accolades consist of their first two albums going gold in the UK and a nomination for the Mercury Prize. Stream Of Life finds the band in perhaps their most reflective state. Lead singer Paul Smith, this most lit-pop of lyric writers, took the album title from a short story by Ukrainian-born Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, inspired by both it's stream of consciousness style and the way it prompts reflection on the inner mechanisms of people's minds. It begs the question of why they do the things that they do, even when they can seem counterintuitive to the outsider. There's an inner flow to every individual - a stream of life.