Following a lacklustre third album, Maximo Park return to the fast paced, high kicking ways that made us fall for them in the first place. ‘The National Health’ sees the Sunderland band rallying against modern society, substituting civil unrest for the romantic failings that once drove them. Initially it is exciting – the title track and ‘Hips And Lips’ pack a visceral punch – however, repeat plays reveal that ‘The National Health’ offers nothing particularly new; suggesting, perhaps, that this band’s lack of magnetism is somewhat terminal.