I've been waiting and waiting for a friend who's super busy to send me the latest Maccabees record Wall of Arms. I've been busy too so it wasn't a big deal until tonight when, for some reason, I couldn't wait any longer. Onto iTunes I went to buy it and it wasn't there, which I thought was strange. I didn't, of course, think to go to their MySpace to investigate until after said friend sent me the record one track at a time.

Interesting caveat on iTunes: if a record is only available in the UK, ie on the UK iTunes, you can change iTunes stores and buy it from there. I thought if it was only out in the UK, you could only get it if you're IP address was from the UK or wherever a record was released, but now I know differently.

So I've just had a first listen and the verdict: it's hot.

In case you're not familiar with The Maccabees, check out their Wiki, their official site, which has recently been updated with images, videos, a blog, and other stuff, and their MySpace, where you can test drive a few songs and get tour dates.

The band will be in New York -- Brooklyn, actually -- at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on 06.20.09.