Maximo Park at work on new album

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Maximo Park are back in the studio recording their next LP, the band has confirmed.

The indie rockers are working with producer Nick Launay in Los Angeles, reports NME.

Earlier this year, singer Paul Smith promised fans that the band's new songs would have a "funny groove". He said at the time he hoped to have the new LP out by January or February of 2009.

In a statement, he said of the new offering: "The whole affair is going to be quite stripped down compared to the last album because we don't like to repeat ourselves."

The LP, which is as-yet untitled, follows the 2007 release of Our Earthly Pleasures.