The brothers of British indie stars, The Maccabees, have launched a new band – and they can’t wait to bring their sound to Glasgow later this year. 

86TVs, which is Maccabees alumni Hugo and Felix White, their brother Will White, and drummer Jamie Morrison (Noisettes and Stereophonics), rose to prominence following the release of their debut EP, You Don’t Have To Be Yourself Right Now, earlier this year. 

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Now, as the group prepares for the release of their debut album, they are all set to return to the city they ‘love’ for a special gig at Assai Records in the city centre. 

Ahead of the show on August 6, Will said: “We love Glasgow. 

“Glasgow has always been really fun. The people you meet there are just a good vibe. 

“We’ve played a few shows in the last couple of years in Glasgow – it’s going to be great to come back, we just love it there.”

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The forthcoming gig will support the group’s self-titled debut album, set to be released on August 2. 

Teasing fans on what they can expect from the record, Will said it is nothing like The Maccabees - the mastermind behind tunes like Toothpaste Kisses. 

He explained: “It’s very different from The Maccabees in terms of the main vocals. We are a lot less apologetic. 

“The Maccabees had a charm to it because the vocals were much more withheld – we don’t have that; we are less shoegaze-y and more inviting.” 

The band have so far made quite the name for themselves. 

Having supported Jamie T on a run of sold-out shows at Alexandra Palace in London, they will also play Alexandra Palace Park as special guests to Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds later in the year. 

Will said: “The idea we did those Jamie T show, I remember us all thinking we could do this, I reckon. That sold-out room didn’t feel out of reach to us. 

“Maybe it's delusion, but we are catching on and can feel the positive response. We’re feeling very good about where it’s going.”

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86TVs has been a project in the works for the last five or so years, following the split of The Maccabees in 2016 – which left the brothers feeling the need to re-design themselves. 

Having gone to the studio to muck around, the group soon brought Jamie on board and began feeling a lot of promise in the air.  

Will said: “It just felt like a band straight away. 

“I was sitting on 20 to 30 songs, and I said let’s try one of them and it worked. 

“We eventually all wrote songs and brought them to the table and that became 86TVs. 

“It took about five or six years of that and trying to figure out how on earth we would make three singers in a band work because you never see that – for good reason. But, as brothers, I think it just naturally felt like the vocals lived together a bit.” 

Though becoming a band was somewhat of a smooth transition, Will’s transport into the spotlight has not been - admitting that he only felt like he was “assisting” The Maccabees when touring with them from 2010 to 2013. 

He said: “As much as I loved being in The Maccabees and am grateful for it, I just felt like I was in the shadows, it wasn’t really my thing. 

“It felt like I was helping them out, but I wanted to be thought of in my own right as a musician and songwriter.

“To me, it feels really surreal to be in this band and get some fame – my brothers are much more used to it than me. 

“When people come out and they are there for this band, it feels so odd but I’m so grateful.” 

You can grab tickets for the Assai Records show HERE