Maximo Park are an English indie rock band formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2001. The band consists of Paul Smith (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, programming), Duncan Lloyd (guitar, synthesizer, programming, backing vocals), Lukas Wooller (keyboards, synthesizer, piano, organ, guitar), Tom English (drums, percussion) and Archis Tiku (bass). They have released six studio albums to date - A Certain Trigger (2005), Our Earthly Pleasures (2007), Quicken the Heart (2009), Too Much Information (2013), Risk to Exist (2017) and Nature Always Wins (2020). Their music has been described as "angular, clever, literate, art-rock." In addition to their studio releases, the band have also released two live albums, Travelling Without Moving in 2006 and Maximo Park Live at the O2 Academy in Leeds in 2010.