Maccabees On New Album

Liverpool group The Maccabees have announced details of their new album, which is set to be produced by Arcade Fire cohort Markus Dravs, it has been announced.

The band released their debut album 'Colour It In' in 2007. A wonderful blast of breezy indie pop, it contained the hit single 'Toothpaste Kisses' and was acclaimed as one of the best debut's of the year.

In a new interview with BBC 6Music guitarist Felix White has claimed that having producer Markus Dravs at the helm prevented them from setting down "a lot of stupid second record ideas”.

Dravs has worked with Arcade Fire, Coldplay and a host of other acts. Davis went on to say that "in comparison to the first one, where we just put it down live and it was as it is, we had grander ambitions. He definitely helped us realise those. I think more than anything, he just loved the songs and we wanted to do a record with someone who really loved it and was going to be proud of what he did.”

The Maccabees' new album is due to be released in March.