History Music / MaximoPark

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they signed to the label Warp Records in the 2000s - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as Music/AphexTwin, Music/{{Squarepusher}}, Music/{{Battles}}, !!! and Music/{{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and Editors. They have released five studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'', ''The National Health'' and ''Too Much Information''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[SongAssociation more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''VideoGame/ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are currently signed to the label Warp Records - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as Music/AphexTwin, Music/{{Squarepusher}}, Music/{{Battles}}, !!! and Music/{{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and Editors. They have released five studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'', ''The National Health'' and ''Too Much Information''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[SongAssociation more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''VideoGame/ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

* NiceHat: Paul, since ''Our Earthly Pleasures''

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: 3-4.

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are currently signed to the label Warp Records - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as Music/AphexTwin, Squarepusher, Music/{{Battles}}, !!! and Music/{{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and Editors. They have released five studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'', ''The National Health'' and ''Too Much Information''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[SongAssociation more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''VideoGame/ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

'''Maxïmo Park''' are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are currently signed to the label Warp Records - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as Music/AphexTwin, Squarepusher, Music/{{Battles}}, !!! and Music/{{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and Editors. They have released five studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'', ''The National Health'' and ''Too Much Information''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[SongAssociation more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''VideoGame/ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

'''Maxïmo Park''' are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are currently signed to the label Warp Records - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as Music/AphexTwin, Squarepusher, Music/{{Battles}}, !!! and Music/{{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and Editors. They have released five studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'', ''The National Health'' and ''Too Much Information''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[SongAssociation more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

* BritishAccents: Paul Smith sings in a very distinctive North Eastern accent

'''Maxïmo Park''' are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are currently signed to the label Warp Records - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as Music/AphexTwin, Squarepusher, {{Battles}}, !!! and {{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and Editors. They have released five studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'', ''The National Health'' and ''Too Much Information''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[SongAssociation more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are currently signed to the label Warp Records - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as Music/AphexTwin, Squarepusher, {{Battles}}, !!! and {{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and The Editors. They have relased five studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'', ''The National Health'' and ''Too Much Information''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[SongAssociation more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Album Naming]]: The three studio albums and the DVD are named after snippets of lyrics from one of the songs within, which form {{Album Title Drop}}s. [[note]](Note that for added confusion, the snippets are usually not the song titles - "Quicken the Heart" comes from "Wraithlike" etc.)[[/note]]

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are currently signed to the label Warp Records - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as AphexTwin, Squarepusher, {{Battles}}, !!! and {{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and The Editors. They have relased five studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'', ''The National Health'' and ''Too Much Information''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[SongAssociation more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are currently signed to the label Warp Records - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as AphexTwin, Squarepusher, {{Battles}}, !!! and {{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and The Editors. They have relased four studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'' and ''The National Health''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[SongAssociation more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are currently signed to the label Warp Records - also known for releasing songs by famous artists such as AphexTwin, Squarepusher, {{Battles}}, !!! and {{Autechre}}. They are often compared to The Futureheads and The Editors. They have relased four studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'' and ''The National Health''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', which has also been featured in many media works, [[GrandTheftAutoEffect more emblematically appearing in the official soundtrack of]] ''ProjectGothamRacing 4''.

* EpicRiff: ''Our Velocity'' starts off quiet, but then it kicks with a mighty, very loud guitar riff.

* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Album Naming]]: The three studio albums and the DVD are named after snippets of lyrics from one of the songs within, which form {{Album Title Drop}}s.

* SurrealMusicVideo: The official music video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWwBkA0GqaY ''Our Velocity'']] merges this with LivePerformanceVideo.

* SurrealMusicVideo: The official music video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWwBkA0GqaY ''Our Velocity'']] is a quite good example of it.

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are often compared to The Futureheads and The Editors. They have relased four studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'' and ''The National Health''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures''.

* FaceOfTheBand: Paul Smith is the most recognisable, due to his NiceHat, love of jumping around on stage and previously his comb-over

* TrueArtIsAngsty: Most of their songs deal with break-ups, broken relationships or loneliness

* SelfBackingVocalist

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are often compared to The Futureheads and The Editors. They have relased 4 studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'', ''Quicken The Heart'' and ''The National Health''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures''.

Maxïmo Park are a British indie band, from the North East of England. Heavily influenced by the post-punk/New Wave revival of the early 21st Century, they are often compared to The Futureheads and The Editors. They have relased three studio albums so far - ''A Certain Trigger'', ''Our Earthly Pleasures'' and ''Quicken The Heart''. In addition, they have also released a B-Sides compilation titled ''Missing Songs'' and a DVD titled ''Found On Film''. Their most popular song is "Our Velocity" from ''Our Earthly Pleasures''.