The Maccabees will both break up up or make new music and develop into a “functioning band” once more in 2026.
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The Toothpaste Kisses band introduced plans to disband in 2016, earlier than performing a collection of farewell gigs the next yr.
Nonetheless, they reunited in 2024 and returned to the stage this yr, together with headlining All Factors East and enjoying Glastonbury.
Guitarist Felix White has now admitted that their exhibits subsequent yr – which they’re but to announce – would be the decider for whether or not they proceed as a band and hit the studio once more for his or her first new music since their 2015 LP Marks to Show It.
The No matter will probably be, will probably be: A Matter of Life and Soccer creator instructed the William Hill Sports activities E-book Of The Yr Award: “After we performed at Glastonbury and All Factors East this yr, we thought which may simply be it, however everybody had such an excellent time. It felt so euphoric, so why wouldn’t we need to do this once more!”
Requested if a follow-up to Marks To Show It’s on the playing cards, he replied: “The reply is, we don’t know.
“Having these exhibits in subsequent yr means we’ve received sufficient time to consider it and see which means it’s going to go. If The Maccabees maintain going past that time, we’d need to really feel like a functioning band which are making music and are there for a motive.”
He insisted the dates “will both be the final Maccabees exhibits, or we’ll attempt to make some music and see the place it goes.”
Felix admitted it has been difficult juggling the group’s actions together with his different work commitments.
White added: “I’ve discovered it actually arduous to juggle all of the issues I’ve been doing over the previous yr or so. When The Maccabees was the one factor in my life, I needed to dedicate a big chunk of time to it to ensure that it to work.
“I didn’t actually have the area to even contemplate it this yr, nevertheless it’s beginning to clear now. So long as I don’t get too good an thought for one more sports activities e book, it’ll extra probably, however we’ll see what occurs!”
The musician admits that he must take a break and work out “what’s subsequent for me creatively”.
He defined: “I haven’t received one other e book in my thoughts in the meanwhile.
“I’ve had a extremely mad yr the place I used to be doing a movie rating, writing my e book across the FA Cup, enjoying in The Maccabees, doing the Tailenders podcast after which Jimmy [Anderson] and I went on tour!
“So, I’m simply going to have a few months of stopping and understanding what’s subsequent for me creatively.”
