*Warning new music that’s rather loud*
Idles are a band that are a bit fed up with the state of Britain at the moment. They have made an album to have a shout about those frustrations. It’s very good and even made the top 5 album charts. (when was the last time a punk band made the top 10? – Ignoring Green day, which is easily done.) It warms the cockles that bands like this still exist and even more so that it’s selling,
Liking that, and the album aint bad either (better than the debut in my opinion (I may be wrong, but I doubt it).
Not for me.
How does this stuff sell to the hippy hoppy loving millennials?
I’d guess they’re more for middle aged 6 Music listeners than millennials.
I find whole albums’ worth are hard to come by, but there’s always a fistful of great punky/new wavy guitar tunes knocking about
(The Beth’s – Future Me Hates Me)
I think of them as just being for me – don’t care who else buys ‘em!
Trust me, the kids love Idles.
Three SLAVES albums have easily cracked the British top 10 this decade…one even made silver.
I have no liking for them but my son thinks they ahem….”RULE”
Selling how many?
I’m still a bit unsure about this one. It was massively hyped prerelease, which I think has served to raise my expectations to unrealistic levels. I love their first album, and I’m not convinced this is better yet. Mind you, this is a belter of an anthem:
I was unconvinced by the hoo-hah and hype before it came out.
OK, it may not be the “most important release of a generation”, but after a bit of listening it is a fine fine thing
I normally would be unconvinced as well, but this time I bought into it, probably because I liked Brutalism so much. I’m not hating the new one, just need to spend a bit more time to get grounded with it.
That was the first time I’ve watched that video, and I’ve realised that on Thursday afternoon I was walking along one of the streets in it while ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE SONG. Ooooh, cosmic, innit?