Maccabees spin-off band 86TVs announce debut EP ‘You Do not Have To Be Your self Proper Now’
The Maccabees spin-off band, 86TVs, have introduced their debut EP ‘You Don’t Have To Be Your self Proper Now’.
Comprised of former Maccabees duo Hugo and Felix White, their youthful brother and solo artist Will White, and drummer Jamie Morrison (Stereophonics, Noisettes), the band are set to launch their first EP as 86TVs on January 26. You’ll be able to pre-save it here.
‘You Don’t Have To Be Your self Proper Now’ will characteristic the band’s beforehand launched singles ‘Worn Out Buildings’ and ‘Larger Love’ alongside two model new tracks, ‘Spinning World’ and ‘Dreaming’.
The EP was recorded throughout classes break up between the band’s personal Olympic Studios and The Bunker at 13, owned by Stephen Road (Blur, Suede), who produced all 4 tracks together with the band.
Talking concerning the challenge in a press launch, the band shared: “‘You Don’t Have To Be Your self Proper Now’ is our first ever group of songs to take a seat collectively in a set. It feels good. It’s a becoming place to start out – three of us brothers writing lyrics from totally different views, a number of group singing, guitars, drums, pianos and about six or seven years of our lives all wrapped up in there!”
86TVs shall be heading out to play a string of exhibits in assist of their upcoming EP. They’re additionally championing throughout Impartial Venue Week and are set to play their first present of 2024 as a part of the occasion in Edinburgh on January 30. From there, they may make stops throughout the Uk from late February till early March. Visit here for any remaining tickets and take a look at the complete dates beneath.
86TVs 2024 UK tour dates are:
JANUARY
thirtieth – Edinburgh, Whistle Binkies (Impartial Venue Week present)
FEBRUARY
twenty fifth – Dublin, The Workman’s Membership
twenty seventh – Glasgow, King Tuts
twenty eighth – Newcastle, Assume Tank?
twenty ninth – Nottingham, Bodega (SOLD OUT)
MARCH
2nd – Manchester, Deaf Institute (SOLD OUT)
third – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds (SOLD OUT)
fifth – London, Lafayette (SOLD OUT)
sixth – Bristol, Thekla
seventh – Southampton, Joiners (SOLD OUT)
eighth – Brighton, Concorde 2 (SOLD OUT)
In different information, Felix White beforehand shared how Johnny Marr helped steer the path of 86TVs new music.
Chatting with NME in an interview about writing post-Maccabees and the path of the brand new band, Felix defined how Johnny Marr, the previous Smiths guitarist and songwriter, gave them some essential recommendation for his or her new materials.
“I feel The Maccabees had simply break up up, however I’d learn Johnny Marr’s autobiography, which I liked, and it was a very placing time to learn it as a result of plenty of his life has been about reinvention and alter,” he recalled.
He continued: “So there was a correlation in my head at that individual second in my life with what Johnny’s guide had stated. I ran into him on the NME Awards and stated, ‘Can I ship you some music? We’ve simply been doing a little instrumental music and we don’t know if it’s good’. So I despatched him all these instrumentals, which was really fairly a brazen factor to do trying again at it.”