And theyre not just churning out the same old stuff either. New album Crawler is hailed as an experimentation with new sounds and styles. Its certainly more introspective than some of their previous work. The theme running throughout the album is vocalist Joe Talbots battle with substance abuseand a car crash he had when driving while high. The subject matter demands something maybe more reflectivemore sober so to speak. So theres a lot more singing from Talbot than perhaps were used to. This self-reflection means there arent so many of the overtly political tunes that IDLES have become known for. And their politics and wit are still there too. Listen out on The New Sensation for a sarcastic jibe at last years government ads encouraging young ballet dancers to retrain in cyber. Maybe its more accurate to say that IDLES havent
changedbut they have developed. And it makes for one of their
best albums yet. Crawler by IDLES, out on Friday 12 November
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