Colour It in

The Maccabees | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B000PC6G2E
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,569 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Maccabees deliver a stunning record crammed full of sparkling indie pop that bites deep and just won't let go. There's something deliciously dreamy about Colour It In. It has a poppy edge, but there's nothing contrived about it.

The band say they don't have any control over their music, that the songs just come out that way. "It's not like we've been playing our instruments for ten years," says Orlando. "Any naiveté is genuine." What The Maccabees want most of all is to make people feel special. "We get kids at the front of our gigs and they look at us the way I used to look at bands," says Felix. "You can just see it in their eyes. It means something to them. And that means something to us."

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget Britpop -- get this, June 2, 2007

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Nonce (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Colour It in (Audio CD)

In a year, for me at least, where all the major "indie" releases have been disappointments (from Wilco to Bjork) this hits it out of the park on nearly every song.

It has a kind of contsant nervous churn that sounds familiar (early REM, Interpol, Clinic) but feels new, if that makes any sense. The standouts are the fast/slow "Mary" and (single?) "First Love."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Incredible! So good, I'd Buy it for you if I could..., August 15, 2007

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R. Youmans (Roswell, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Colour It in (Audio CD)

So tomorrow you have all your CD's stolen from you... your Coldplay, Interpol, Explosions in the Sky, all gone. Why aren't you sad? Well to start with you've got your music backed up on the computer, secondly your reading this review which means you have just found a cornerstone album on which to rebuild your entire CD library. 'Pound for Pound' the Maccabee's Debut recording 'Color It In' is amongest the very best premiere releases I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Play the first track 'Good Old Bill' and two ideas may just be able to swim admist the euphoric sonic waves inundating the temporal lobes... 1) What I am listening to is original 2) What I am listening to is good... very good.

The music is unshy, the genious of such creativity simply offers no place to hide, the music is not polished, it's way too clean already without any greasy residue, the music is important from the lyrics to the instrumental compostion every song a musical gem long awaited to be Coloured in(to) the collective counsciousness of the human mind... the Maccabees have done it. Congratulations to them... on a Fantastic Debut Record!

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it, September 23, 2008

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M. Mcgannon "vfan" (cle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Colour It in (Audio CD)

This is a very good album. If you like maximo park, the futureheads, and bands like that, then you will not be disappointed with this album.