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It’s too early to write Maxïmo Park off, or to turf them into the ever-growing pile of indie also-rans. But they’ll need to pull out all the stops to recover their poise after this worrying misstep.

Rating: 3 / 5

Colin Carberry, 30 Mar 2007

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Rating: 3 / 5

Colin Carberry

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