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BBC 6 Music Mercury review: The Maccabees

BBC 6 Music's Georgie Rogers speaks to The Maccabees about their Mercury-nominated album, Given To The Wild.

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Biography

The Maccabees are an indie rock band from Brighton, England. They have released three albums so far, Colour It In in 2007, with a follow-up, Wall of Arms, released on 4 May 2009. Their most recent album Given to the Wild was released on 9 January 2012.

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BBC Reviews

  1. Given to the Wild 2012

    Review of Given to the Wild

    Reviewed by Alex Denney

    If only all bands had the guts and honesty of The Maccabees.

  2. Wall Of Arms 2009

    Review of Wall Of Arms

    Reviewed by Keira Burgess

    The band strike while their iron’s hot, but fail to set anyone’s world on fire.

  3. Colour It In 2007

    Review of Colour It In

    Reviewed by Ian Wade

    Colour It In' has all the hallmarks of outliving any tiny-minded scene or stereotype.

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