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Group Members: Orlando Weeks, Robert Dylan Thomas, Hugo White, Rupert Jarvis, Felix White
Biography: Hailing from South London, kinetic indie rockers The Maccabees formed in 2004 around vocalist Orlando Weeks, guitarists Hugo and Felix White, bassist Rupert Jarvis and drummer Robert Dylan Thomas. The group's first single, X-Ray, was released on Promise Records in November of 2005, and thanks to a strong ...Read full biography
Wall of Arms
Wall of Arms
Released: 2009
Label: Universal Distribution
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Maccabees' first album, Colour It In, was more than a little indebted to the Futureheads, Bloc Party, and the other U.K. acts who popularized urgent tempos and angular riffs in the mid-2000s, but the band ...Read full review
Colour It In
Colour It In
Released: 2007
Label: Universal/Polydor/Fiction
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Futureheads fans beware. There's someone else threatening to take away the title of best harmony singing, guitar-wielding band in town: the Maccabees. The five-member Brighton (by way of South London) ...Read full review
More The Maccabees albums: Main Albums (5), Singles & EPs (16)
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