The Maccabees are an indie rock band originally from South London, based in Brighton UK The current line-up consists of: Orlando Weeks - Vocals [band member from = 2004] Hugh White [/ Band member] - guitar [band member from = 2004] Felix White [/ Band member] - guitar and vocals [band member from = 2004] Rupert Jarvis [/ Band member] - Bass [band member from = 2008] Sam Doyle [/ Band member] - Drums Former drummer Robert Dylan Thomas left the band in 2008 to enter rehab, it is not certain whether he will be reunited with the band in the future or not
singer Orlando Weeks once said that the band came up with the name by flicking through the Bible and select a random word Despite the adoption of a name with religious connotation, he confirmed that none of the banit is religious
debuted in 2004 with You "make a noise I Make Sandwiches EP (released on Haircut Records) released their first single X-Ray on Promise Records on November 28, 2005 received a great little significant exposure - no evening play on London radio station XFM -- but the band did a small indie hit with his second post-punk influenced Latchmere single was released in April 2006 on Fierce Panda Records Since inking a contract with Polydor imprint (and former home of The Cure), Fiction Records band will be released May 4, 2007 its first album Color It In To date (end of September 2007), they have released three (public) singles from the album (First Love About Your Dress and Precious Time) with a fourth and last single released Toothpaste KissesThe October 8, 2007
May 4, 2009 the band released Spoils their second album which starts with single Love You Better April 27 Markus Drava who worked previously with artists such as Bjork and Arcade Fire Coldplay-produced album The album was recorded in various cities like Liverpool and Paris unlike their first long-player that was recorded in "driba and drab" as frontman Orlando Weeks said
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Guitarist Felix White was the first in a band called Jack's Basement with other Friend Jack Peñate Felix and Hugo White are brothers with Will White is the frontman in a band called Talk Taxis
There was also another group called the Maccabees, which was an indie rock band from Florida in the late 90s
