1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel to 1 Macc. In fact, 2 Macc tells many of the same stories from a slightly different perspective than 1 Macc.

Around him, his Maccabees bandmates build the tumbling, spiky layers of ‘Marks To Prove It’, recreating the urgent magic that’s seen the title track of their 2015 album light up stages ...