Idlewild (band)

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Idlewild
At an appearance in 2007
At an appearance in 2007
General information
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1995
Website www.idlewild.co.uk
Founding members
Roddy Woomble
Rod Jones
Phil Scanlon (until 1997)
Colin Newton
Current occupation
Roddy Woomble
Rod Jones
Colin Newton
guitar
Allan Stewart (since 2002)
Gareth Russell (since 2006)
former members
Bob Fairfoull (1997-2002)
Gavin Fox (2002-2005)

Idlewild is a Scottish rock band .

history

The beginnings

Idlewild was founded in December 1995 at a student party in Edinburgh . Here Roddy Woomble (born August 13, 1976) and Colin Newton (born April 18, 1977) met. Similar social backgrounds and almost identical musical tastes (Pavement, Sonic Youth, REM, dEUS, Bob Dylan, Superchunk etc.) made both of them decide to start a band. Later that evening they were introduced to Rod Jones (born December 3, 1976), with him and his friend Phil Scanlon (born May 21, 1976) they founded Idlewild.

In January of the following year they played their first concert and recorded their first songs, which were positively received in the local press. Queen of the Troubled Teens one of the songs recorded in October was released in March of next year on the Human Condition Records label.

It's going up

In 1997 Phil left the band to concentrate more on his studies. Today he lives in Detroit and works successfully as a chemist. Bob Fairfoull (born August 6, 1976) took over his position on bass guitar .

With a later call from DJ Steve Lamacq to pass everything on to him about the unknown band, the rise began. A first appearance in London followed. After the recordings for the EP Captain and great reactions to the single Chandelier , which was released by Fierce Panda Records , they followed the call of the major labels and signed with Food Records / EMI .

Hope is important

The debut album Hope Is Important was released in October 1998. The release When I Argue I See Shapes reached the British charts as the band's first single in February 1999 . In the summer they played for the opening of the Scottish Parliament . The album features singer Salli Carson, who used to sing for Bleach .

100 Broken Windows

The next album, 100 Broken Windows , was released in April 2000 and marked the band's big breakthrough. The group then went on a major UK tour.

The Remote Part

After You Held the World in Your Arms was the first and so far only single to reach the top ten in Great Britain, The Remote Part , released on March 25, 2002, reached number three on the album charts, making it the band's most successful album to date. In the fall of 2002, Bob Fairfoull left the band, Gavin Fox and Allan Stewart joined them.

Warnings / Promises

Jones and Woomble, 2005

Her next album, Warnings / Promises , was released on April 11, 2005. The album is noticeable for its quieter sound compared to previous albums. The collaboration with Parlophone ended in November 2005.

Make Another World / Post-Electric Blues

After Roddy Woomble released a solo album in 2006, the band released a new album called Make Another World in March 2007 on the indie label Sequel, a sub-division of Sanctuary Records . Since Sanctuary was bought by the Universal Music Group in 2007 and thus quasi ceased to exist, the band was back without a record deal. It was then decided to offer the fans the next album as a pre-order and thus partially finance the recordings. The fans who had pre-ordered Post Electric Blues received their CD (with an exclusive pre-order bonus track) in June 2009 and were named in the booklet as a thank you. In October 2009, the album was then released regularly, this time on the indie label Cooking Vinyl .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK
1998 Hope is important UK53
silver
silver

(1 week)UK
2000 100 Broken Windows UK15th
gold
gold

(5 weeks)UK
2002 The Remote Part UK3
gold
gold

(11 weeks)UK
2005 Warnings / Promises UK9
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK
2007 Make Another World UK24 (3 weeks)
UK
2007 Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007 UK79 (1 week)
UK
Best of album
2009 Post Electric Blues UK90 (1 week)
UK
2015 Everything Ever Written UK20 (1 week)
UK
2019 Interview Music UK22 (1 week)
UK

More albums

  • A Distant History: Rarities 1997-2007 (2007)
  • 100 Broken Windows Reissue 2010 (double CD, 2010)
  • Idlewild Live (2016)

EPs

  • Captain (1998)

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK
1998 A film for the future UK53 (2 weeks)
UK
Everyone Says You're so Fragile UK47 (2 weeks)
UK
I'm a message UK41 (2 weeks)
UK
1999 When I Argue I See Shapes UK19 (2 weeks)
UK
Little discourage UK24 (2 weeks)
UK
2000 Actually It's Darkness UK23 (3 weeks)
UK
These Wooden Ideas UK32 (4 weeks)
UK
Roseability UK38 (2 weeks)
UK
2002 You Held the World in Your Arms UK9 (7 weeks)
UK
American English UK15 (7 weeks)
UK
Live in a hiding place UK26 (2 weeks)
UK
2003 A Modern Way of Letting Go UK28 (2 weeks)
UK
2005 Love Steals Us from Loneliness UK16 (4 weeks)
UK
I understand it UK32 (2 weeks)
UK
El Capitan UK39 (2 weeks)
UK
2007 No emotion UK36 (1 week)
UK

More singles

  • Queen of the Troubled Teens (1997)
  • Chandelier (1997)
  • Satan Polaroid (1998)
  • If It Takes You Home (2006)
  • A Ghost in the Arcade (download single, 2007)
  • Readers & Writers (download single, 2009)
  • City Hall (download single, 2009)
  • Everything Little Means Trust (2015)

swell

  1. http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25690029/posts/default/7399641306904734805
  2. a b UK chart placements

Web links

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