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The Maccabees are a rock band from London, England. They have released three albums so far, Colour It In, with a follow-up, Wall of
Arms,released on 4th May 2009. On 4 October 2011, the band announced via their blog that their third album, Given to the Wild, will be
released9 January 2012. The first single from the album will be "Pelican", it was first played on 15 November 2011 on BBC Radio 1 by Zane
Lowe.
It was released on 9 January 2012 to very favourable reviews, it currently holds a score of 72 on Metacritic, a site that averages out
criticsreviews. On 11 January 2012 it debut ...read more
The Maccabees are a rock band from London, England. They have released three albums so far, Colour It In, with a follow-up, Wall of
Arms,released on 4th May 2009. On 4 October 2011, the band announced via their blog that their third album, Given to the Wild, will be
released9 January 2012. The first single from the album will be "Pelican", it was first played on 15 November 2011 on BBC Radio 1 by Zane
Lowe.
It was released on 9 January 2012 to very favourable reviews, it currently holds a score of 72 on Metacritic, a site that averages out
criticsreviews. On 11 January 2012 it debuted at #1 on the UK midweek chart.
The band came up with the name by flicking through the Bible and picking out a random word. Despite adopting a name with
religiousconnotations, lead singer Orlando Weeks has more recently affirmed, in an interview on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 1 show, that none
of theband is religious. Their lyrics often include an atheistic theme, in particular their second album's title track, "Wall of Arms".
Though based in Brighton, all five members of the Maccabees grew up in South London, where singer Orlando Weeks and drummer
RobertDylan Thomas attended school together. Though the friends would often write songs in Weeks' bedroom, it wasn't until 2003, when
theywere introduced to guitarist Hugo White, that the band began to take shape. Soon bassist Rupert Jarvis joined, as well as Hugo's brother
andfellow guitarist Felix. A relocation to Brighton occurred when Weeks went there to study art, but after only a year he dropped out
toconcentrate fully on the Maccabees and their music.
The group's first single, X-Ray, was released on Promise Records in November of 2005, and thanks to a strong XFM-Radio showing,
theMaccabees were able to garner opening spots on an Arctic Monkeys tour. Fierce Panda picked up the second single Latchmere, issuing it
inthe spring of 2006. The band's full-length debut, Colour It In, came out on Fiction Records a year later. Thomas left the band in 2008 to
gointo rehab; Sam Doyle was recruited to step in behind the kit.
For their second album, 2009's Wall of Arms, the band worked with producer Markus Dravs, who also collaborated with the Arcade Fire.
Mainstage slots at the Reading and Leeds Festivals would follow, then the band took two years off to write and record. The results, the
albumGiven to the Wild and its lead single "Pelican," arrived in early 2012. « hide |
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