London-based five-piece The Maccabees really hit on something with their Mercury-nominated 2012 third album, Given to the Wild, and insofar as they’re capable of blowing their own horns (they’re not exactly Oasis when it comes to self-promotion), they’ve recently been talking up their forthcoming fourth album, Marks to Prove It, telling NME: “For us, it’s the peak of what we are as a band.” It promises to be a record that forensically examines their daily lives in south London, which is exactly what The Maccabees excel at - making detailed, clever music that tackles the personal, but is sweeping, open and grand.
Judging by a Live Lounge they recorded for Fearne in May, they’re bang on the money about how good their new music is. As well as performing Feel to Follow from Given to the Wild, they played Mark to Prove It’s title track and it sounded superb. Their obsessive fans and critics have always predicted they’d become a major-league indie band, and now - a decade into their career - it seems they’re about to seize their moment. Catch them on the Other Stage at their third Glastonbury before their inevitable graduation to the Pyramid Stage in years to come.
London-based five-piece The Maccabees really hit on something with their Mercury-nominated 2012 third album, Given to the Wild, and insofar as they’re capable of blowing their own horns (they’re not exactly Oasis when it comes to self-promotion), they’ve recently been talking up their forthcoming fourth album, Marks to Prove It, telling NME: “For us, it’s the peak of what we are as a band.” It promises to be a record that forensically examines their daily lives in south London, which is exactly what The Maccabees excel at - making detailed, clever music that tackles the personal, but is sweeping, open and grand.
Judging by a Live Lounge they recorded for Fearne in May, they’re bang on the money about how good their new music is. As well as performing Feel to Follow from Given to the Wild, they played Mark to Prove It’s title track and it sounded superb. Their obsessive fans and critics have always predicted they’d become a major-league indie band, and now - a decade into their career - it seems they’re about to seize their moment. Catch them on the Other Stage at their third Glastonbury before their inevitable graduation to the Pyramid Stage in years to come.
