Newcastle's angular pop quintet Maxïmo Park will take to the Róisín Dubh stage on Thursday 21 August at 7.30pm.

The band consists of singer Paul Smith, guitarist Duncan Lloyd, bassist Archie Tiku, keyboardist Lukas Wooller, and drummer Tom English. Like their friends and neighbours the Futureheads, Maxïmo Park craft smart, sharply catchy songs inspired by post-punk and new wave legends like the Jam, XTC, Wire, and the Smiths. Maxïmo Park issued their debut 7", The Coast Is Always Changing/The Night I Lost My Head, in 2004; it caught the ears of Warp Records, which despite being a mostly electronic label signed them and released their second single, 'Apply Some Pressure', early in 2005.

It made the Top 20 in the UK's national charts. At that time, Warp also released the Apply Some Pressure EP, which featured tracks from both of the band's singles, in the US. 



Maxïmo Park also finished recording their debut album with producer Paul Epworth (who also worked with Bloc Party and Babyshambles) that winter and spent the spring touring the UK, Japan, and the US, making an appearance at South by Southwest. The 'Graffiti' single heralded the arrival of the band's full-length debut, A Certain Trigger, late that spring.

Early in 2006, the B-sides collection Missing Songs was released; Maxïmo Park also maintained their hectic touring schedule and returned to the studio late that year, teaming with producer Gil Norton.

Tickets, €26 are available from the Róisín Dubh on Dominick Street.

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