Maximo Park

Alternative British Rock

Maxïmo Park are a British alternative rock band, formed in 2000. They are signed to Warp Records. The band consists of Paul Smith (vocals), Duncan Lloyd (guitar), Archis Tiku (bass), Lukas Wooller (keyboard) and Tom English (drums). The band have released three studio albums: their 2005 debut album A Certain Trigger, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize, the 2007 follow-up Our Earthly Pleasures, and their third album named Quicken the Heart, was released in May 2009. The first two albums went double platinum.

In 2005, Maxïmo Park released their debut album, A Certain Trigger, which sold over 300,000 copies and was nominated for the Mercury Prize in July 2005.

In August 2006, the band announced that they had started work on their next album, which was produced by Gil Norton and recorded in London at Rak Studios in St John's Wood. On 22 January 2007, the band announced that their second album, Our Earthly Pleasures, would be released on 2 April 2007 and would be preceded by the album's lead single, "Our Velocity", on 19 March 2007. On 30 January 2007 the band released details of a tour to promote Our Earthly Pleasures, the tickets of which sold out within minutes upon their release on 2 February 2007.

In October 2008, the band announced that they had started recording their third album in Los Angeles with producer Nick Launay, known for his recent work with Nick Cave and Grinderman. On 26 November 2008, it was reported by ClashMusic.com that Smith had announced in a blog posting that the album had been completed, however, the producer of the album, Launay, wanted to take "a little break before starting to mix it".

The full track list of the album was announced on 11 March 2009. Quicken the Heart was released on May 11, with the first single, "The Kids Are Sick Again" being released a week earlier. Tickets for a tour taking place in May 2009 sold out in record time.
In 2009 they contributed a cover of a Vincent Gallo song to the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation, as well as having their song "Acrobat" covered by Seefeel.

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