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Post by o on Oct 6, 2012 22:12:28 GMT 1
Just got my hands on this as might be seeing them in December, and really liking it, already liked the singles Pelican and Feel to follow, but the rest of the album is great as well, and I suspect it sounds even better on the headphones than in the car  Anyone else got it and like it? Underrated I feel? Also have No kind words on my ipod, and it is one of my fave songs. |
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Oct 13, 2012 20:36:06 GMT 1
over hyped if you ask me they headlined leeds 2nd stage somehow and were terrible, their new album all sounds the same to me, pelican is decent though |
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Post by o on Oct 13, 2012 20:44:57 GMT 1
Blasphemy!
Feel to follow is ACE as well!
It's a grower.
Not sure about over hyped, has it had good reviews?
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Oct 13, 2012 20:53:42 GMT 1
hupin loves them, its his favorite band at the moment, i think they are a marmite band
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Oct 13, 2012 21:02:23 GMT 1
The Quietus 7/10 - Given to the Wild is resolutely The Maccabees best
PopMatters 7/10 - Given to the Wild is an accomplished, filler-free record that presents a band at peak condition, handily exceeding the marginal example set by similar-sounding acts
The Guardian 8/10 - It's an album that bucks a trend rather than starts one: an elegant and unexpected leave-taking from the indie landfill.
BBC Music 8/10 - If only all bands had the guts and honesty of The Maccabees, maybe they'd get round to making third records as good as this
Q Magazine 8/10 - The songs are so delicately crafted that it never feels predictable
The Independent 8/10 - There are no standout songs but that's kind of the point: GTTW washes over you like a cooling stream on a hot day.
The Telegraph 8/10 - If progress is their aim, then this is fine proof of how a softly-softly approach is often best.
Clash Music 9/10 - I have seen the future of dreamy pop, and its name is The Maccabees
NME 9/10 - The album is beautifully structured, leading from spare and shimmery beginnings into harder, weirder and more varied territories, all those snippets and elements and personalities crafted into a shifting, subtle whole that quietly captures your attention from start to end
The Fly 9/10 - Impressively diverse but united by a strain of quintessentially Maccabeean hopeless hopefulness, it's an outpouring of both technical brilliance and affective emotion that thrives in its sheer humanity
Absolute Punk 9.5/10 - The Maccabees have returned as a highly evolved beast more than ready to be released into the wild world
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Post by Paddy on Aug 8, 2016 21:07:51 GMT 1
This band have split up reports say.
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Post by o on Aug 8, 2016 21:33:10 GMT 1
Nooooooooooo, loved the singles on Marks to prove it 😓
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Post by o on Jun 23, 2017 20:57:32 GMT 1
I'd blotted this from my memory, just enjoying them on mtvrocks and thought I'd look up their discography, and it says they split up in 2016 and are doing a farewell tour now, wish I'd known, Id have persuaded my mate to go see them again. Wonder why they split when they seemed to be doing well?  Spit it out, I adore! |
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Post by Winged_Robi on Jul 30, 2017 7:44:14 GMT 1
I love them
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Post by o on Sept 26, 2023 11:16:14 GMT 1
Totally missed lead singer Orlando Weeks has done two solo albums and the three brothers have formed a band called 86TVs and just heard Worn out buildings on the 6 Music playlist, liking it a lot.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Sept 26, 2023 13:11:36 GMT 1
lol lots of 10 year threads bumped the last few days ha, I had no idea any of the Maccabees were still releasing music
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Post by TheThorne on Sept 26, 2023 13:17:41 GMT 1
Yeh 86TVs just missed my chart, I only knew it was them as I caught an interview on Radio 1
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Sept 26, 2023 13:26:08 GMT 1
i like, ive added it to my playlist
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Post by greendemon on Sept 26, 2023 13:51:25 GMT 1
lol lots of 10 year threads bumped the last few days ha, I had no idea any of the Maccabees were still releasing music Well it is the time of year to be raising the dead  I liked Maccabees back in the day. Will add this to my playlist and see if it sticks. |
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Post by o on Sept 26, 2023 17:24:26 GMT 1
Yeh 86TVs just missed my chart, I only knew it was them as I caught an interview on Radio 1 Missed your chart? It's a Top 100 isn't it?  |
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Post by TheThorne on Sept 26, 2023 17:34:15 GMT 1
Yeh 86TVs just missed my chart, I only knew it was them as I caught an interview on Radio 1 Missed your chart? It's a Top 100 isn't it? My main chart is a 75 now. It was in but got pushed back out two weeks in a row. It was my number one bubbler. |
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Post by Panda on Sept 27, 2023 23:15:16 GMT 1
Love Worn Out Buildings. Was no.4 in my chart last month and will be a no.1 contender when I do the second version in a couple of months. It's the three brothers from Maccabees plus Jamie Morrison, who's been the drummer in Stereophonics since 2012 and was previously in the Noisettes.
I've been aware of Orlando Weeks' solo stuff for a while but it's not a patch on Maccabees.
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