Listen To This: A Quirky Love Song

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Yes, yes. We mention a lot of British bands, but that's because they have such good music in the U.K.!

If you like Keane, then you will love The Maccabees.

These boys from Brighton are beautifully melodic, bright yet moody, and all-around fab.

CLICK HERE to watch the delightful new video from their gem of a song, Toothpaste Kisses.

Then Click here to listen to more tunes from The Maccabees.

Posted: Nov 23, 2007 at 2:18 pm / Email this »

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74 comments to “Listen To This: A Quirky Love Song”

Sarit says – reply to this

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The Maccabees are AWESOME. I love so many of the songs from 'Colour it in'. One of my favorites is "First Love". You should post that video, Perez!
Ave says – reply to this

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What? I adore the Maccabees… and I never want to hear them compared with Keane… ever. You're on crack, Perez!!

But anyway, yeah, The Maccabees are amazing. I can't wait for the new album… I've played Colour It In so many times that I actually think iTunes sighed at me.
kay levine says – reply to this

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FIRST
i love the maccabees
Mary says – reply to this

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Ermmmmmm first?
Stef says – reply to this

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Yeah….

1. The song sounds like it was originally performed by Tiny Tim.

2. Is that chick an Mork from Ork impersonator?
JC says – reply to this

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I LOVE KEANE. This song is boring. Boooooo.
Meee says – reply to this

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Yay!! The Maccabees are the best!! Everything out of Brighton is good, but the Maccabees are GREAT!
UKer says – reply to this

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PEREZ YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU BUT The MACCABEES ARE WAY BETTER THAN KEANE, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS I'VE EVER SEEN.
bagina blister says – reply to this

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Boring. They are lame. And boring. And my bagina has a blister.
katie says – reply to this

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pretty good
Winona says – reply to this

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this is good but it sounds nothing like Keane
f says – reply to this

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me encanta mucho
ALF says – reply to this

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Gr8 song,
gross video
I luv the sound of the band
but again, to the video - ewwww
Molly Mole (international pervert) says – reply to this

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Yeah, the Mccabes are brilliant. Perez - try to find the electro remix of………dammit! Can't remember the name!
Isabeau says – reply to this

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That's a lot of kissing
Gen says – reply to this

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i love this song!!
Juanmax101 says – reply to this

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The Maccabees are gorgeous! The First Love song is my favourite.
There are going to be really big!
Mel. b says – reply to this

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Maccabees are great, but not there best song though.
merocks says – reply to this

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What about you take a look at the BEATSTEAKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Natalee says – reply to this

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I don't think they are very Keane-esque. I love Keane. This is cute though.
PUGGLES says – reply to this

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You know your bands like you know straight sex- nothing at all! They sound cool, but they aren't like Keane, they sound like Coldplay and YES there is a difference. God love, learn more about different bands/music will ya…
aloha says – reply to this

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this is the song i like to listen to when my boyfriend and i lay in bed together… i know… PUKE PUKE! great band.
Grace E. says – reply to this

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Sweet music but video looked like a std informational campaigne or a SNL sharing a chapstick in the bus line rip off from 1980's or late 70"s.
@@ron says – reply to this

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Perez, i completely agree with you! The UK has amazing music…thats why i hate listening to the radio here! Its nothing but trash!!!! I swear..u turn on KIIS fm and all u hear is rap, r&B and hip hop! IT SUCKS!!!!!!! We seem to have a small percent of talent here in the US. All we fucking care about it Britney, Paris and Lindsay! What about Kylie, Robbie Williams and Sophie Ellis Bextor!?
Rachel says – reply to this

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They sound NOTHING like Keane! Why would you trick me like that?
James says – reply to this

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you're so fuckin late with this band, They've been hot since 2005.

grab yourself a copy of NME!
Nardball says – reply to this

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Perez, THIS SUCKS!
lasvegas says – reply to this

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blah! boring! Talk about a spread-the-herpes video
carrie says – reply to this

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i've seen the maccabees like 4 times now, they're amazing live you should also post up "first love", "about your dress" and "x-ray" just to show that they're NOTHING AT ALL LIKE KEANE!!!!!
maddie says – reply to this

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this band sucks, this song sucks, this video sucks. i don't like them at all!!!
sam says – reply to this

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the maccabee's are great - 'about your dress' is the best one though!
lovethebible says – reply to this

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The Maccabees are INCREDS Totally agree with Sarit, get their album it's BARE AMAZING Orlando”s my darling. Latchmere's got a wave machine. GO TO LATCHMERE, IT WILL ROCK YOUR SOCKS!
bob says – reply to this

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Boring song.
bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz says – reply to this

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No Likey.
shan says – reply to this

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that was gorgeous
Melissa says – reply to this

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Keane is an awful comparison. You should also check out Kate Nash. She's under the same label and she's brilliant.
chica says – reply to this

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Beautiful video…and all in one shot (no cuts)! Must have been nearly impossible to film.
bella says – reply to this

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keane is tha shit…download "Is It Any Wonder?" and as far as the Maccabees…they're hawt just like Keane…quit tryna start DRAMA
Kristine_in_Toronto says – reply to this

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Awesome video, very original. Song was great too
chrissie says – reply to this

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the maccabees are an amazing band but i dont think it is fair to compare them to such a bland band like keane.
Tomer Marinovsky says – reply to this

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Great song and smart video!!! me loves it!!!!
C says – reply to this

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Damn Perez you are on a roll! The Maccabees are amazing and yes the UK is churning out most of the best music in the world right now!
Rosie says – reply to this

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I've been listening to this song for MONTHS! I LOVE it! Its my ringtone!
Perez is Deaf says – reply to this

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You're a fucking tool. Maccabees sound nothing like Keane. Both are great bands; I can not slam either one. I can, however, slam you for being such a tone deaf ass who pretends to know something - anything - about music. Fool.
Rae says – reply to this

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I actually saw the Maccabees this past summer when they played at the stone pony (asbury park NJ) opening for Bloc Party.
they were okay.
i actually got along with one of the members.
they're okay life.
Amber says – reply to this

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Not even close to as good as Keane.
Hunch says – reply to this

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I'm sick of these videos based on one gimmick that they repeat throughout the whole thing. lame. predictable.
Tony says – reply to this

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Thank you Perez, It is a delight to find new music that is sweet and heartfelt and fun. You are always good for a recommentation. I wish you had a page in Itunes.
Naomi Watts says – reply to this

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I heart Huckabees?..wtf.
sandi says – reply to this

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cute song…..harsh weird video though
Emma says – reply to this

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If you like Keane you'll love maccabees???!!!! BOLLOCKS TO THAT! Keane are gobshites, Maccabees are not. Perez you dick!
Ben says – reply to this

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Your 100000 years late…
amy says – reply to this

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should have posted first love.
Maccabee says – reply to this

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if you like keane you wont like the maccabees you should say….americans are so far behind the maccabees have been around for years!
yriel says – reply to this

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its really good and all, BUT it does not sound anything like keane! I love keane!
Carey says – reply to this

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Whoever keeps on saying that Perez is deaf you are CORRECT!!! Both are good bands but sound NOTHING alike. I love the Maccabees, but they have been around for a long time, they are not a new band you idiots!!!

Raleigh, North Carolina
Carey says – reply to this

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Whoever keeps on saying that Perez is deaf you are CORRECT!!! Both are good bands but sound NOTHING alike. I love the Maccabees, but they have been around for a long time, they are not a new band you idiots!!!

Raleigh, North Carolina
Xenu says – reply to this

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That does NOT sound like Keane!!
jemma says – reply to this

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keane are pish and boring but THE MACCABEES PWN.
amazing live + *soooo* cute :]
great recommendation perez.
x
elynn says – reply to this

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The Maccabees are amazing, i love toothpaste kisses
Nikka says – reply to this

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yesssss! the maccabees are loveeeee. but keane are completely different. i should know.
i had a rather odd obsession with them earlier this year.
Miss B says – reply to this

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Two good bands in one week, well done perez.
The maccabees are undoubtedly one of my favorite bands right now, everybody should own colour it in. Actually go dig out their ep as well 'you make noise I make sandwhiches'.

The keane comparison was uneeded though the Maccabees actually make good music.
xx
oscar1 says – reply to this

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if you like the maccabees than you love The Wombats, Perez. Hit em up, they are getting huge in the UK.
uk all the way says – reply to this

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yeah perez …the only thing i agree on is that they have some awesome bands in uk
Camillia says – reply to this

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….That video was just plain weird o,0

Gosh sure hope no one had a cold sore, lol
stargirl says – reply to this

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i heart this band forever and ever.
Meg says – reply to this

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Yeah.. I don't see the Keane comparison whatsoever.. perhaps you mean the Kooks? the singer sounds a lot like Luke Pritchard from the Kooks. So I'm going to say that if you like the maccabees then you should definately check out them out!
R says – reply to this

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Please don't compare The Maccabees to Keane ever again
Olivia says – reply to this

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The Maccabees sound nothing like Keane. Partly because The Maccabees are amazing and the music is completely different.
I hope Felix White suffocates you with his amazingness.
Lorna says – reply to this

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The Maccabees are probably my favourite band at the moment, but Keane are wank, they're nothing alike!
mcgregl says – reply to this

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First Love is their best song!
DAVID says – reply to this

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what are you talking about? this band sound nothing like keane! you're love of british culture is interesting but you don't have a fucking clue what you are on about half the time. for instance, jordan is not the english jessica simpsons you fucking idiot!if you knew anything about jordan you could never make that comparison!

IT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO ME THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISTINGUISH THIS SITE FROM OTHER CELEB-OBSESSED BLOGS, YOU HAVE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON BRITISH CULTURE. IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE KNOWLEDGABLE ON BRITAIN AND ITS CULTURE.

WELL YOU ARE A FUCKING CUBAN LIVING IN CALIFORNIA, YOUR LIFESTYLE AND OPINIONS ARE SO WILDLY DIFFERENT FROM THE AVERAGE BRITAINS, YOU ARE ONLY ABLE TO ADMIRE FROM A DISTANCE AND YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO EMPATHISE WITH THE BRITISH.
Lola says – reply to this

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The Maccabees rule, to compare them to Keane is an absolute travesty! Keane make music for the middle aged, trying to recapture their youth tribe who like a bit of easy listening on their Sunday afternoon drive thinking that it has a shred of credibility. The Maccabees are inventive, creative, and quirky. They are amazing, brilliant live and the most under appreciated band around. See them live, i dare you not to be enthralled!
Lola says – reply to this

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The Maccabees rule, to compare them to Keane is an absolute travesty! Keane make music for the middle aged, trying to recapture their youth tribe who like a bit of easy listening on their Sunday afternoon drive thinking that it has a shred of credibility. The Maccabees are inventive, creative, and quirky. They are amazing, brilliant live and the most under appreciated band around. See them live, i dare you not to be enthralled!