Paul Smith (rock vocalist)

Paul Smith (born 13 March 1979, Stockton-on-Tees), is a musician best known as the singer for the British indie rock group Maxïmo Park.

Biography
Smith is the eldest of three children, and was educated at Northfield School. He attended Newcastle University completing a BA and MA, studying Art History and English Linguistics, following a 1-year Foundation Studies course at Cleveland College of Art and Design in Hartlepool. He briefly worked as an art teacher at Stockton Riverside College before he was asked to join Maxïmo Park.

In 2014 Smith teamed up with Field Music singer Peter Brewis to record an album, Frozen by Sight, derived from his travel writing and featuring string arrangements by Brewis.

In 2015 he released Contradictions, a solo album, as Paul Smith and The Intimations, and in 2018, released fourth solo album Diagrams.

Personal life
Smith has a daughter.

He is a fan of Middlesbrough FC.

Solo discography

 * Margins (2010)
 * Frozen By Sight (with Peter Brewis) (2014)
 * Contradictions (as Paul Smith and The Intimations) (2015)
 * Diagrams (2018)