The Maccabees Confirm New Album Details

• 16th Mar 2009

The mighty Maccabees have confirmed the details of their new album and single.

The band's second album, Wall Of Arms, is released on May 4th on Fiction. It is preceded by the single Love You Better out April 27th.

The album track listing is:

1. Love You Better
2. One Hand Holding
3.Can You Give It
4. Young Lions
5. Wall Of Arms
6. No Kind Words
7. Dinosaurs
8. Kiss And Resolve
9. William Powers
10. Seventeen Hands
11. Bag Of Bones

The band recruited producer Markus Dravs (who, as well as working with Bjork and Coldplay, helped create Arcade Fire's Neon Bible), and left London and its distractions to focus on recording. Compared to their first album, which was, according to singer Orlando Weeks, recorded in “dribs and drabs”, and consequently felt more like “a record of songs rather than a cohesive album”, the band worked solidly on Wall Of Arms in a number of different cities such as Liverpool and Paris.

The band head out on a full UK tour:

March

Thu 19 GLASGOW ORAN MOR (Tel: 08444 999 990)

Fri 20 SHEFFIELD PLUG (Tel: 0114 241 3040)

Sat 21 COVENTRY KASBAH (Tel: 0871 220 0260)

Mon 23 DERBY THE ROYAL (Tel: 01332 255 800)

Tue 24 BRIGHTON CONCORDE 2 (Tel: 01273 673 311)

Thu 26 CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION (Tel: 08450 50 8258)

Fri 27 STOKE SUGARMILL (Tel: 0115 9454 593)

Sat 28 LIVERPOOL ACADEMY 2 (Tel: 08444 77 1000)

April

Fri 24 EASTBOURNE FESTIVAL, EASTBOURNE WINTER GARDENS

Thu 30 NORTHAMPTON ROADMENDERS (Tel: 0115 912 9000)

May

Fri 01 EDINBURGH STUDIO 24 (Tel: 08444 999 990)

Sat 02 LEEDS LIVE AT LEEDS (Tel: 0113 245 4650)

Mon 04 BRISTOL THEKLA (Tel: 08713 100 000)

Tue 05 LONDON ELECTRIC BALLROOM (Tel: 020 7403 3331)

Wed 06 NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS (Tel: 08713 100 000)

Thu 07 NORWICH WATERFRONT (Tel: 01603 508 050)

Sat 09 MANCHESTER ACADEMY 2 (Tel: 0871 2200 260)

Sun 10 BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY 2 (Tel: 0844 477 2000)

Tue 12 CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SOLUS (Tel: 08713 100 000)

Wed 13 SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY (Tel: 02380 632 601)

Thur 14 THE GREAT ESCAPE, BRIGHTON CORN EXCHANGE

Fri 25 NEWCASTLE, EVOLUTION FESTIVAL