Idles
| Idles | |
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 Idles at the Haldern Pop Festival 2019 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Bristol , UK |
| Genre (s) | Post-punk , punk |
| founding | 2009 |
| Website | www.idlesband.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Joe Talbot | |
| Jon Beavis | |
| Mark Bowen | |
| Lee Kiernan (since 2015) | |
| Adam Devonshire | |
| former members | |
Rhythm guitar |
Andy S. (until 2015) |
Idles ( spelling : IDLES ) are a British post-punk band that was formed in Bristol in 2009 .
history
Idles was founded in 2009 by singer Joe Talbot and bassist Adam Devonshire, who knew each other from school. The other band members joined later. The first EP Welcome was released in 2012. Another EP, Meat , was followed in 2017 by the debut album Brutalism . Triggered by the miscarriage of his daughter, singer Joe Talbot got into an alcohol addiction , which he had successfully treated. The second album Joy as an Act of Resistance was released in 2018 . The third studio album Ultra Mono is announced for September 2020 .
style
Idles often deal in their texts with social inequalities in society and their associated frustration. They are therefore compared to Sleaford Mods and Fat White Family , British bands who denounced social grievances during the Brexit era .
In Mother from the album Brutalism , Joe Talbot sings about the death of his mother, who was last in need of care. It is also shown on the corresponding album cover. In addition, the miscarriage of his daughter in June from Joy as an Act of Resistance is discussed.
Joe Talbot often uses puns and sometimes ambiguous intonation so that certain passages of text can be interpreted in a variety of ways. An example of this is the song Love Song ( Joy as an Act of Resistance ), in which it is not clear whether he sings “Modern Love” or “Mother in Law”.
Musically, idles are often assigned to punk or post-punk , which they themselves reject.
reception
Both the debut Brutalism and the successor Joy as an Act of Resistance received mostly very positive reviews. Joy as an Act of Resistance was placed in numerous annual best lists. It was voted album of the year 2018 by the German music magazine Visions as well as by the British radio station BBC Radio 6 . It was also voted 3rd and Mojo 6th by UK newspaper NME . The German newspaper Musikexpress placed it in 7th place. Readers of the e-zine Plattentests.de voted the album in 2nd place.
Idles were nominated for the Brit Awards in the British Breakthrough Act category in 2019 , but the award was won by Tom Walker . However, they won the Kerrang in the same year ! Award for best British newcomer.
Discography
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Studio albums
- 2017: Brutalism (Balley)
- 2018: Joy as an Act of Resistance (Partisan)
Live albums
- 2019: A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live at Le Bataclan (Partisan)
EPs and singles
- 2011: Idles (self-distribution)
- 2012: Welcome (Fear of Fiction)
- 2012: Meydei (Task & Bear Remixes) (Filter)
- 2015: Meat (Balley)
- 2015: Meta (Remixes) (Balley)
- 2016: Meat // Anguish (Harmacy)
- 2017: Mother (Balley)
- 2017: Stendhal Syndrome (Balley)
- 2017: Well Done (Balley)
- 2017: Divide & Conquer (Balley)
- 2017: Rachel Khoo (Balley)
- 2018: Samaritans (Partisan)
- 2018: Colossus (Partisan)
- 2018: Danny Nedelko / Blood Brother (split with Heavy Lungs)
- 2018: Great (Partisan)
- 2018: Danny Nedelko (partisan)
- 2019: Mercedes Marxist (Partisan)
- 2020: Mr. Motivator (Partisan)
- 2020: Grounds (Partisan)
- 2020: A Hymn (Partisan)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ IDLES announce third album 'Ultra Mono' and share new track 'Grounds' ( English ) nme.com . June 16, 2020. Accessed July 21, 2020.
- ↑ a b Album of the week: "Joy as an Act of Resistance": Why the IDLES are the damn most important band of the hour . Bavaria 2 . September 10, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ↑ a b Joy as an Act of Resistance . Visions . Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Idles Music Profile ( English ) Metacritic . Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Our 50 records of the year 2018: Place 25-1 . Visions . December 31, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2019.
- ↑ The best albums of 2018 - according to BBC Radio 6 . Music Express . November 26, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ↑ Best albums of the year 2018 ( English ) NME . December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ Winners ( English ) Brit Awards . Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ↑ Kerrang! Awards 2019: Here's The Full List of Winners ( English ) Kerrang! . June 19, 2019. Accessed June 23, 2019.
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↑ Sources Charts:
- Idles in the German charts . Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- Idles in the Swiss charts . Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- Idles in the British charts . Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK