The Maccabees Announce Split After 14 Years As A band

London indie rock/psych band The Maccabees have announced they are splitting up, confirming the news in a statement released today (Monday, August 8).

The band called the decision "incredibly difficult", explaining how there had "not been fallings out" among members of the group.

The statement also detailed that the five members - Orlando Weeks, brothers Hugo and Felix White, Rupert Jarvis, and Sam Doyle - will continue to make music but there are no concrete future plans at the moment. They added there will be farewell celebrations in the near future.

Since forming in 2002, The Maccabees released four albums; 2007 debut Colour It In, Wall of Arms in 2009, 2012's Given to the Wild and most recently Marks To Prove It, which came out last year.

Read the full statement below.

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Watch: The Maccabees Reveal Music Video For "Spit It Out"

London indie rock/psych band The Maccabees have revealed the video for their latest single "Spit It Out".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their recent album 'Marks To Prove It', released  back in July through Fiction Records. Grab it here.

The clip was made in memory of the murals painted by David Bratby under the Elephant & Castle roundabout.

Watch it below.

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New Entry: The Maccabees Share New Single "Spit It Out"

London indie rock/psych band The Maccabees have shared their new single "Spit It Out".

The song will be out  as a single on 11th May, and is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Marks To Prove It', set to be released this Friday (July 31) through Fiction Records. Pre-order your copy here.

Stream the track below.

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Watch: The Maccabees Drop "Something Like Happiness" New Video

London indie rock/psych band The Maccabees have dropped the video for their newest single "Something Like Happiness".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Marks To Prove It', set to be released on July 31 through Fiction Records. Pre-order y our copy here.

Watch the video below.

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New Entry: The Maccabees Share New Single "Something Like Happiness"

London indie rock/psych band The Maccabees have shared their new single "Something Like Happiness".

The song will be out  as a single on 11th May, and is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Marks To Prove It', set to be released on July 31 through Fiction Records. Pre-order y our copy here.

Stream the track below.

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''The Maccabees Confirm Details Of New Album 'Marks To Prove It'

London indie rock/psych band The Maccabees have confirmed details of their new album titled 'Marks To Prove It'.

The band's fourth studio album will be out on July 31 trhough Fiction Records, it was produced by Hugo White, The Maccabees and Laurie Latham, and recorded at their own Elephant Studios. 

According to the press, "the new songs are not just fuelled by a new found confidence, directness and power but also infused with emotion, highlighted by the addition of female vocals to bring the songs to new emotive heights."

Pre-order 'Marks To Prove It' here and check out the tracklist below.

Tracklisting
01. Marks To Prove It 
02. Kamakura
03. Ribbon Road
04. Spit It Out
05. Silence
06. River Song
07. Slow Sun
08. Something Like Happiness
09. WW1 Portraits
10. Pioneering Systems
11. Dawn Chorus

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Watch: The Maccabees Premiere "Marks To Prove It" New Video

London indie rock/psych band The Maccabees have premiered the video for their newest single (and our Single of the Week) "Marks To Prove It".

The song is part of our current playlist and is out now through Fiction Records. It is the first track lifted from their forthcoming as-yet-unconfirmed fourth album, due later this year. Get the single here.

The video was directed by Joseph Connor. Check out below.

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New Entry: The Maccabees Premiere New Single 'Marks To Prove It'

London indie rock/psych band The Maccabees have premiered their brand new excellent single "Marks To Prove It".

The song will be out  as a single on 11th May, and was produced by the band alongside Laurie Latham at their own Elephant Studios.

It is the first teaser of their forthcoming as-yet-unconfirmed fourth album, due later this year.

Stream the track below.

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The Maccabees' Felix White Releases New Cosmo EP Accompanied With A Video For Each Track

The Maccabees' frontman Felix White has released a limited edition picture disk of collaborations with the likes of Florence Welch, Jack Penate, Jessie Ware and many more.

The EP came together during recording sessions for 'Given to the Wild', and was initially planned to be an instrumental release of soundtrack music and sees White adopt the name Cosmo. It's available digitally, in Rough Trade East London and Brighton's Resident Music on 10" vinyl (plus CD, poster and handwritten lyrics). 

All music was made by Felix and features guest vocals and collaborations with Jack Penate, Florence Welch, Johnny Bramwell (I am Kloot) and Adam Day. Jessie Ware, Hugo White and Jamie N Commons also feature on backing vocals whilst Sam Doyle played drums on the record.

White has also unveiled the videos for each of the five songs on the EP. Check out the surrealist video for lead track 'Yalla' below. It was directed by George Belfield and Felix White.

You can check the rest of the videos on cosmomusic.co.uk

The Maccabees Confirm They're Working On New Album

London indie band The Maccabees have confirmed that they are back in the studio working on their fourth album, the follow-up to 2012's Given To The Wild, and revealed that they hope to get it finished by the end of year.

Frontman Orlando Weeks told NME:

"We went straight back into our studio in Elephant & Castle at the end of last year. We spent time doing it up too - I was painting the kitchen."

"We had such a busy time after 'Given To The Wild' and to feel excited enough to get on with a new album straight away must mean something."

Guitarist Felix White also discussed how the album is going to sound, and his big hopes for the record, "It's going to be sort of similar to Given To The Wild, but it's also going to be more direct and exciting. I think it's going to be our best record."

Given To The Wild was released in January last year, reaching number four in the UK Albums Chart.

Watch: The Maccabees Share "Ayla" Video

The Maccabees have unveiled their brand new video for 'Ayla', taken from their album 'Given To The Wild', released earlier this year. The song is part of our regular rotation www.koolrockradio.com

Watch it below!

Watch: The Maccabees New Video For 'Went Away'

The Maccabees have unveiled the video for "Went Away", taken from their new album Given To The Wild, out now.

Watch it below.

The Maccabees Announce New Album Details

Brighton UK indie band, The Maccabees have announced that their new album 'Given To The Wild' will be released next year on January 9 (UK).

The band teamed up with producers Tim Goldsworthy and Bruno Ellingham (LCD Soundsystem and Massive Attack) to record the new album over the past year.

The 12-track album is said to be inspired by such acts as The Stone Roses, David Bowie and Kate Bush.

Check the traclist for 'Given To The Wild' below: 

01. Child
02. Pelican
03. Feel to Follow
04. Ayla
05. Glimmer
06. Forever I’ve Known
07. Heave
08. Go
09. Unknow
10. Went Away
11. Slowly One
12. Grew Up at Midnight