The Maccabees say new music is on the way and “the aim” is for an album

The Maccabees have teased that they’re working on new music, with “the aim” of making a full studio album. The London band are currently out on a run of outdoor UK headline shows, which concludes at Leeds’ Kirkstall Abbey tonight (Friday July 31). READ MORE: The Maccabees live at Glastonbury 2025: a glorious, emotional reunion They returned to the stage in 2025 for their first gigs together in eight years, including an emotional return to Glastonbury and a huge homecoming performance at All Points East. Orlando Weeks and co’s summer 2026 tour has seen them debut a new song, ‘Ballad Of So Long’. The title had appeared among a list of tracks they’d been rehearsing, along with another currently-unheard cut,’She’. During a new interview with Radio X, The Maccabees reflected on returning to their adopted second home city of Brighton for this summer’s ‘On The Beach’ series. They also discussed roadtesting new material at their recent shows, and looked ahead to a possible full album. When asked if the group were any closer to putting together a follow-up to 2015 LP ‘Marks To Prove It’, frontman Orlando Weeks replied: “Well, in that we’re playing new stuff… it’s a big jump for us. “We hadn...