The Maccabees live in London, January 2015. (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
London has always played a prominent role in The Maccabees‘ career, but never more so than on their brilliant 2015 album ‘Marks To Prove It’; a love letter to their disappearing Elephant & Castle home.
The band were back in the capital last night (January 22nd) for a gig at the Brixton Academy, and Live4ever’s Alberto Pezzali has the action.
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“The standout moments come as a pair,” our ‘Marks To Prove It’ review reads. “‘Something Like Happiness‘ is more than anything else here reminiscent of their earlier records, but comes with a maturity, a slight darkness and an unshakable brilliance that is all ‘Marks To Prove It’s own. This is followed by the brilliant rage and fury, the shifting and jagged beauty of ‘WW1 Portraits‘. It hits hard, very hard indeed.”
“If it wasn’t apparent before, this record affirms The Maccabees’ brilliance, but also cements their individuality. There are hints of this, whisps of that, suggestions of some things half remembered.”