The Maccabees are a British indie band, based in Brighton and originally from south London. Name The band came up with the name 'The Maccabees' by opening the Bible at random . Despite adopting a name with religious connotations, lead singer Orlando Weeks has more recently affirmed, in an interview on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 1 show, that none of the band are religious. History Their début single, 'X-Ray', was released on Promise records on 28 November 2005, and received some evening play on London radio station Xfm London. They received little significant exposure, however, until six months later, when they released their second single, 'Latchmere', the subject of which is the wave machine at the band's local Latchmere Leisure Centre in Battersea, south London , on Fierce Panda Records in April 2006. This was championed by Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and received airtime on MTV2. The video, d

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