The Maccabees, X-tra Club

Di and Maria caught up with Felix White, guitarist with The Maccabees before the show. Listen here to find out a bit more about the band, and where they are headed next...  We caught them during the concert sound check; that's Tom Smith's voice in the background at the end of the interview.

When I think of the Maccabees I feel a little rush of affection.  Whether it’s because they made Brighton their sometime home, or because they remind of my little brother in his younger years, I don’t know.  Musically they definitely have something, and, supporting Editors, they were one of the most well received support acts I’ve seen in a very long time.

The Maccabees released their 2nd album earlier this year, although rather unfairly they have remained relatively unknown here. It was an energetic and mostly tight performance.  Orlando Weeks' distinctive vocals wooed the audience, and he rather charmingly had learned a German sentence or two to address the crowd.  They’ve obviously attracted some attention from the young female demographic which can only be pleasing to a group of five lads, and it may be of further interest to them, that a number of these fans melted away from the front of the venue after their departure from the stage. Their support is seemingly monogamous.

They played a set of 8 songs which seemed short, but it is by no means a bad thing to leave your audience wanting more.  If The Maccabees return to the area in 2010 with their own headline tour I have no doubt they will welcomed with open arms (maybe even a Wall of Arms).