The Maccabees return with ‘Wall of Arms’ the follow-up to their 2007 debut ‘Colour It In’. An expansive, epic-sounding album that’s a thrilling fusion of indie anthems, gentle lullabies and dark, stormy swirls, their not afraid to sound vulnerable, forceful and adorable at times.
Some had already written these guys off as lightweight however ‘Wall of Arms’ definitely shows some maturity in their music.
From the energetic guitar sounds that open the album to the heart-warming, closing the five-piece have managed to produce something really quite special, proving to fans, critics, and partly to themselves, that the band hadn’t yet reached the peak of their creative potential.
Opener and new single, Love You Better and Seventeen Hands finds frontman Weeks channelling emotions from depths previously unexplored, his performance resonating perfect sincerity. As the brass band stand to ceremony at the end of the track it becomes clear that ‘Wall of Arms’ is the sound of a band taking huge strides forward.
Title-track Wall of Arms and Dinosaurs feature horns; piano sounds grace the urgent, One Hand Holding, while the rhythm section shines throughout the album. Young Lions and Bag Of Bones tap into the innate beauty of Weeks song writing and expose a fragile and tender heart.
Throughout you can’t help but feel a real sense of honesty from a band who have made a deeply personal record, a piece of work for themselves. Wall Of Arms is the moment The Maccabees reach self-realisation.
Track listing:
1. Love You Better
2. One Hand Holding
3. Can You Give It
4. Young Lions
5. Wall Of Arms
6. No Kind Words / Bag Of Bones Part A
7. Dinosaurs
8. Kiss And Resolve
9. William Powers
10. Seventeen Hands
11. Bag Of Bones
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