The Maccabees

Their third studio album ‘Given To The Wild’, a sprawling masterpiece of distorted pop, psychedelia and soulful guitar soundscapes was a top five hit in the UK and included a string of hit singles in ‘Pelican’, ‘Feel To Follow’ and ‘Ayla’.

As well as garnering commercial success with gold certified sales, ‘Given To The Wild’ was also a huge critical success on release. The Maccabees won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song with ‘Pelican’ in 2013 and were nominated as one of the albums of the year in 2012’s prestigious Mercury Music Prize Awards as well as being NME’s album of the year.