The video, directed by Hugh Frost and Samuel Bebbington, also proved an internet hit after it was posted on YouTube.

Because an early copy of the album appeared on the New York Times website, Colour It In became available to download exclusively from iTunes on 16 December, before its physical release on 14 May, in an effort to combat the leak.

On the run-up to the release of their second album, the band played two new songs to Steve Lamacq on his "In New Music We Trust" show on Radio 1 in May 2008, "No Kind Words" and "Young Lions".

On Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show in February 2009, Felix confirmed the name of the follow-up album to be Wall of Arms, an announcement that coincided with the release of the free downloadable track, "No Kind Words".

The Maccabees invited the Dodworth Colliery Band[11] of Barnsley to record a rousing brass version of the single for the B-side.

[13] The accompanying video[14] for "Can You Give It" was filmed at the famous Coopers Hill annual cheese rolling race[15] in Gloucestershire.

The band pulled in a huge crowd for their homecoming show at the O2, as well as a brass section for many of their songs as they performed their entire 2009 album and a host of tracks from their 2007 debut Colour It In.

[17] In November 2009, The Maccabees collaborated with rapper Roots Manuva on a heady re-working of Wall of Arms album track and live favourite "No Kind Words".

The track, newly titled "Empty Vessels", features new lyrics and vocals from fellow south Londoner Roots.

[18] The Maccabees were named as headlines for the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2010 with Bombay Bicycle Club, The Big Pink and The Drums in February 2010.

They played new songs "Child", "Feel to Follow", "Pelican", "Ayla", "Went Away", "Forever I've Known" and "Grew Up at Midnight" at The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth on 8 August 2011.

[21] At the 58th Ivor Novello Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 16 May 2013, "Pelican" won Best Contemporary Song.

Frontman Orlando Weeks added, "we haven't really come across the songs that set the tone or mood for this record yet, we're kind of shooting in the dark.

[35] On 23 October 2024, the band deleted previous social media posts and updated their logo, prompting speculation from fans and press of a reunion.