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Track List
01) Heel
02) Well Done
03) Mother
04) Date Night
05) Faith in the City
06) 1049 Gotho
07) Divide & Conquer
08) Rachel Khoo
09) Stendhal Syndrome
10) Exeter
11) Benzocaine
12) White Privilege
13) Slow Savage
01) Heel
02) Well Done
03) Mother
04) Date Night
05) Faith in the City
06) 1049 Gotho
07) Divide & Conquer
08) Rachel Khoo
09) Stendhal Syndrome
10) Exeter
11) Benzocaine
12) White Privilege
13) Slow Savage
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2017
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Brutalism is the first album by Bristol band Idles, released in March 2017.
Background and recording
The band started recording the album in 2015. Singer Joseph Talbot's mother (who is pictured on the album cover along with a sculpture by Talbot and his father) died during the recording of the album after a long illness, and his time caring for her, and her death, had a major impact on the album, with Talbot later stating "She was that album. That's why she was on the cover." Talbot added lyrics after the music had been written by the rest of the band. He stated the songs on the album are "to do with the roles of women in my life. It's also to do with the role my mum played pre and postmortem and also about progression and grief as a theme and eventual rebuilding". The band recorded the album largely live in the studio, with each song recorded three times at most in order to keep a raw and urgent feel to them. It was produced by Space.
"Stendhal Syndrome", which ironically mocked lowbrow art critics, was made available for download before the album's release, as were three tracks from the album that were later released as physical singles; "Mother", which dealt with "impotent male rage" and Talbot's feminism, "Divide & Conquer", about the state of the NHS, and "Well Done", which dealt with the class system.
A limited edition of 100 LPs were released in October 2017 with Talbot's mother's ashes pressed into the vinyl.
User Album Review
Having earned themselves a fair amount of notoriety with their blistering energy and Great British Bake Off-bashing lyrics, IDLES have already cemented themselves as a force to be reckoned with. With the release of their debut full-length, the Bristol outfit are giving 2017 the kick up the arse it desperately needs.
“How many optimists does it take to change a lightbulb?” Joseph Talbot challenges on ‘White Privilege’. “None, their butler changes the lightbulb,” he answers instantly. “Always poor, never bored.” Disillusioned with the world around them, on ‘Brutalism’ IDLES set their own status quo. With a nudge, a wink, and a sly smirk, the band blur a blunt honesty with a brilliant sense of humour, poking fun at the world until it stands up and fights back.
Lyrics are short and to the point, clawing their way into the consciousness with an unshakable resolve. “I know nothing, I’m just sitting here looking at pretty colours,” Joseph rasps on ‘Mother’, seething against the apathetic in a rambunctious call to arms. A cry for action is something that rings clear through a lot of their music - given the state of the political climate that currently surrounds us, it’s a voice that very much needs heeding.
Raging at full throttle, IDLES’ debut is as dirty as it is messy. An exhilarating escape along frenzied rhythms and powerhouse rhythms with a ferocious commentary for guidance, ‘Brutalism’ is as vital as it is volatile.
http://diymag.com/2017/03/10/idles-brutalism-album-review
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Brutalism is the first album by Bristol band Idles, released in March 2017.
Background and recording
The band started recording the album in 2015. Singer Joseph Talbot's mother (who is pictured on the album cover along with a sculpture by Talbot and his father) died during the recording of the album after a long illness, and his time caring for her, and her death, had a major impact on the album, with Talbot later stating "She was that album. That's why she was on the cover." Talbot added lyrics after the music had been written by the rest of the band. He stated the songs on the album are "to do with the roles of women in my life. It's also to do with the role my mum played pre and postmortem and also about progression and grief as a theme and eventual rebuilding". The band recorded the album largely live in the studio, with each song recorded three times at most in order to keep a raw and urgent feel to them. It was produced by Space.
"Stendhal Syndrome", which ironically mocked lowbrow art critics, was made available for download before the album's release, as were three tracks from the album that were later released as physical singles; "Mother", which dealt with "impotent male rage" and Talbot's feminism, "Divide & Conquer", about the state of the NHS, and "Well Done", which dealt with the class system.
A limited edition of 100 LPs were released in October 2017 with Talbot's mother's ashes pressed into the vinyl.
User Album Review
Having earned themselves a fair amount of notoriety with their blistering energy and Great British Bake Off-bashing lyrics, IDLES have already cemented themselves as a force to be reckoned with. With the release of their debut full-length, the Bristol outfit are giving 2017 the kick up the arse it desperately needs.
“How many optimists does it take to change a lightbulb?” Joseph Talbot challenges on ‘White Privilege’. “None, their butler changes the lightbulb,” he answers instantly. “Always poor, never bored.” Disillusioned with the world around them, on ‘Brutalism’ IDLES set their own status quo. With a nudge, a wink, and a sly smirk, the band blur a blunt honesty with a brilliant sense of humour, poking fun at the world until it stands up and fights back.
Lyrics are short and to the point, clawing their way into the consciousness with an unshakable resolve. “I know nothing, I’m just sitting here looking at pretty colours,” Joseph rasps on ‘Mother’, seething against the apathetic in a rambunctious call to arms. A cry for action is something that rings clear through a lot of their music - given the state of the political climate that currently surrounds us, it’s a voice that very much needs heeding.
Raging at full throttle, IDLES’ debut is as dirty as it is messy. An exhilarating escape along frenzied rhythms and powerhouse rhythms with a ferocious commentary for guidance, ‘Brutalism’ is as vital as it is volatile.
http://diymag.com/2017/03/10/idles-brutalism-album-review
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