IDLES have announced a run of live in-store dates to celebrate the release of their second album, “Joy As An Act Of Resistance” (order here).
30 Aug UK London, Banquet Records, 9pm https://IDLES.lnk.to/banquet
31 Aug UK Bristol, Rough Trade, 3pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/RTbristol-3pm
31 Aug UK Bristol, Rough Trade, 7.30pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/RTbristol-730pm
03 Sep UK Portsmouth, Pie and Vinyl, 1pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/pieandvinyl
03 Sep UK Brighton, Resident, 6.30pm – : https://IDLES.lnk.to/resident
04 Sep UK London, Rough Trade East, 7pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/RTeast
05 Sep UK Sheffield, Record Junkee, 1pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/recordjunkee
05 Sep UK Nottingham, Rough Trade, 7.30pm – : https://IDLES.lnk.to/RTnottingham
06 Sep UK Leeds, Crash Records, 1pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/crash
06 Sep UK Manchester, FOPP, 5.30pm
07 Sep UK Cardiff, Spiller Records, 7pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/spillers
The band have announced an art exhibition to celebrate the release of their second album.
Open for two days, between 12pm and 8pm, and curated by the band, the exhibition will take place at:
HM Electrics Gallery
65 Nile St.
London N1 7RD
The gallery will contain 18 pieces of work across several mediums, with contributions from:
Orlando Weeks
Nigel Talbot
Tao Lapsley
Russell Oliver
Robin Stewart
Tom Ham
Dapper Signs
Chris Nicholls
Ed Barrett
Beth Cater
The gallery will be free entry and artwork on display available to buy, with all proceeds going to the Samaritans charity.
“Samaritans”. A live favourite for sometime, the Theo Watkins directed music video compiles archival clips displaying traditional masculine imagery. The FADER writes: “”The mask of masculinity is a mask that’s wearing me,” sings front man Joe Talbot over the top of a tight and anxiety-laced guitar riff. It’s the third single… and one of their most confrontational songs to date.”
Speaking of the song’s message, front man Joe Talbot says:
“There’s been a long line of bullshit that has pushed men into a corner, where simple masking becomes a trope of masculinity and a catalyst for insanity. What we wear, what we eat, what razor we use, high performance chewing gum, go faster shampoo, how we treat women, how we treat ourselves, how we die. I truly believe that masculinity has gone from an evolution of cultural praxis to a disease. I wanted to encourage a conversation about gender roles by writing this song.”
“Samaritans” is the third song to be released from IDLES’s much-anticipated upcoming album “Joy As An Act Of Resistance.” Produced by Space and mixed by Adam Greenspan & Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kate Bush), The album takes aim at everything from nationalism and immigration to class inequality – all while maintaining a visceral, infectious positivity. Singer Joe Talbot summarises: “This album is an attempt to be vulnerable to our audience and to encourage vulnerability; a brave naked smile in this shitty new world. We have stripped back the songs and lyrics to our bare flesh to allow each other to breathe, to celebrate our differences, and act as an ode to communities and the individuals that forge them. Because without our community, we’d be nothing.”
This autumn, IDLES will embark on their first ever global tour. Tickets are on sale now HERE
Album tracklist:
1. Colossus
2. Never Fight a Man With a Perm
3. I’m Scum
4. Danny Nedelko
5. Love Song
6. June
7. Samaritans
8. Television
9. Great
10. Gram Rock
11. Cry To Me
12. Rottweiler
‘Tour of Joy’ 2018 dates:
16 Oct – Bristol, UK – SWX
17 Oct – London, UK – Roundhouse *
18 Oct – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
19 Oct – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz
20 Oct – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC
23 Oct – Newcastle, UK – Riverside
24 Oct – Leeds, UK – Leeds University Stylus
25 Oct – Nottingham, UK – Rock City
26 Oct – Birmingham, UK – Institute
27 Oct – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
29 Oct – Oxford, UK – O2 Academy
* Q Awards show with Wolf Alice
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