Where there's Maccabees there's brass

The Maccabees sing songs about Lego and toothpaste. They are also being hailed as the saviours of indie. So why have they joined forces with a brass band?It's a blazing hot Sunday afternoon and, in a recording studio on the outskirts of Sheffield, several members of the Dodworth Colliery Band are measuring the width of an upstairs doorway. They have already shuttled through cornets, trombones, French horns, euphoniums and trumpets – but now, it seems, there might be a problem accommodatin...

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