With their long-awaited return to the capital, The Maccabees have added another round of big names to their All Points East headline show this August – and it’s shaping up to be one for the books.
The band’s set at Victoria Park on Sunday 24 August marks their first London live appearance in eight years and coincides with the tenth anniversary of their 2015 album Marks to Prove It. And as if that’s not enough of a reason to leave the house, they’ve also pulled together a serious supporting cast.
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Leading the latest additions is Irish pop disruptor CMAT.
Whether she’s sharing tales of heartbreak or chaos (often both at once), Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson knows how to turn heads. Her debut If My Wife New I’d Be Dead hit No.1 in Ireland, and the follow-up Crazymad, For Me scooped nominations for just about every major award going—including the Mercury and an Ivor Novello. Now she’s gearing up to release her third album EURO-COUNTRY at the end of August, and judging by latest single “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me”, it’s going to be bold, loud, and very CMAT.
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Also along for the ride are Black Country, New Road – who, after earning Mercury nods and five-star reviews for their first two albums, seem to be entering a whole new era with Forever Howlong.
Their latest LP sees multiple members taking on vocal duties, and the result is as heartfelt as it is sonically restless. Basically, expect the unexpected.
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On top of that, Everything Everything will bring their usual dose of electronic chaos and lyrical deep dives.
The Manchester outfit’s latest album Mountainhead continues their trend of messing with genre boundaries and sounding like nobody else in the process. No strangers to Mercury Prize nods or Ivor Novello love, they’ve been quietly pushing UK alt-pop forward since 2007.
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There’ll also be more edge from Sorry, whose woozy, shape-shifting sound has earned them a cult following since the release of 925.
Think post-punk with a side of trip-hop and a healthy disrespect for genre lines. And then, as if that wasn’t enough, throw in Youth Lagoon’s dreamy psych-pop, the chaotic charm of TTSSFU, and fresh energy from Max Baby and The Juice, and this is a day in Victoria Park you probably don’t want to miss.
What’s that? You want to see a poster? Oh, go on then.
