Idles

Brilliant band. Absolutely brilliant.

that was a cool performance

not familiar with Carter USM, just clicked on the first video of theirs to show on YT, don't see much similarity

I know this is the thread for people who don't trust themselves to criticise a record without shitting up a thread, but the Idles thread is literally unshituppable so maybe we should do this over there.

― Matt DC, Friday, 7 December 2018 10:38 (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've just spent 5 minutes reading Idles lyrics on Genius and have concluded that they are simply a 2018 version of Carter USM

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 21 September 2018 15:13 (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

To clarify on this point, they sound nothing like Carter USM, they just resemble them on a conceptual / lyrical basis. Sleaford Mods sound like Carter USM.

Here is a bit from an FT article on Carter which sums it up-

Before each single’s release there would be an item on the NME news page saying what Carter would be “dealing with” this time. “Anytime Anyplace Anywhere” “dealt with” alcoholism; “Bloodsport For All” “dealt with” racism in the army; “After The Watershed” “dealt with” child abuse; and so on. Dealing with an issue involved shouting about how bad it was, in an oblique sort of way which the Carter website calls ‘blackly humourous’ and which you could still jump up and down to.

Did these guys invent DadPunk or just perfect it?

No, wait, Rory McGrathcore

OMG.

I fucking LOVE THIS BAND.

I also love this band

I missed the recent DC show but won't miss the next one.

So... they covered Strokes Reptilia and Beatles Helter Skelter

https://youtu.be/ruhPJ87iitQ

not sure i understand the point of a deliberately terrible cover like that

some sort of beef with sleaford mods?

let me take this opportunity to restate how shit idles are

^^^an opinion about a band that is sure to attract notice on ilm

I tried w/ them and Fontaines DC and this wave of "comfort food post-punk bands" leaves me cold (except Protomartyr)

just so tepid

I don't know this band or Sleaford Mods, but it's roused the ire of Kenny Beats (the internet's favorite rap producer) fans

xxpost too funny, last night i tried Fontaines DC for the first time and about 2/3rds of the way through the album i switched over to Protomartyr and wallowed in how much they rule

I like Lithics, Nots, Viagra Boys, Priests, Pill and some others quite a bit but Idles and Fontaines DC are nowhere near skronky enough.

Stewart Lee's description of Idles as "snowflake Oi!" seems about right.

Truly baffled by Idles never understood it at all. Fontaines are decent here and there but the ‘songs’ just kind of go round and round don’t they? Sorta dirgey. Bafflingly popular with the broadsheets.

Bafflingly popular with young posh boys with autism claims, I already can't deal with them cunts

Clack-clack, clack-a-clang clang!
That's the sound of the gun going bang-bang

New album out yesterday.

I don't understand for the life of me the tepid reaction this band has received here, I think they're brilliant.

lol, i feel like everyone went apeshit for this band two years ago and now they are absolutely hated by the same group.

i don't know if it's a high-profile backlash but i can't remember one quite so violent and complete.

The new album is great. This is basically what I wanted from Andrew WK and never got.

DADPUNK

Glad to see some praise for the new album, hadn't played it yet but I was surprised by how harsh the Pfork pan was (though I guess they weren't all that sold on the last one either).

The Vulture piece was the worst I saw and I thought it was mostly bullshit.

"War" is as plodding as the last single I remember ("Mercedes Marxist"), which doesn't make me want to seek out the rest of the album.

glad to see pitchfork panning this shite, even though I can't them either!

you never them

honestly the P4k review elucidated everything I have thought abt them since the get-go, it was definitely harsh but not at all inaccurate

joyed to see 5 straight men continuing to flirt with queerness to "piss off the squares" or whatever the fuck

the harshness is unnecessary.

there are some people whom I often agree with stanning for this shit, but it is still fucking shit.

they're the Jonathan Pie of music

New album. The producion and arrangements are very good, the best they've made. Very interrsting and creative.
BUT Joe Talbot's songs are weak overall, sadly.

ctrl+f jesus lizard

no? nobody?

Something about their later stuff reminds me of Dropkick Murphys for some reason - plodding and shouty, maybe.

David Yow was on the last record from what i remember. One of those frustrating bands where i'm into some of the music but can't stand the vocals/lyrics.

They've really committed to being fast but boring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpvpJnR1MJk

“Roy” sounds like Coldplay

lads

https://www.nme.com/news/music/idles-joe-talbot-misses-gordon-brown-says-keir-starmer-is-best-person-3619938

A group of 5 straight white men singing things like "I put homophones in coffins" feels performative and condescending

disappointed to find out that this isn't the actual lyric and was presumably just autocorrect accidently improving the song (or just Stevie D(eux) joking)

lmao at this article

During his time in office, Brown built a generally favourable response from the public and gained a reputation as a stable leader who actively worked to stabilise the country after the financial crash. He also pledged to make reform of the National Health Service a major priority, retain the various public-sector reforms implemented by Blair, and “wage an unremitting battle against poverty” (via Britannica).

attention hip young gunslingers britannica.com copy-and-pasters

a very good summary of the hollowed out and politically vacuous brain of the UK GTTO crowd.

i don't really understand how it's possible for them to be this embarrassing

It reminds me of the dodgy Labour councillor who was trying to persuade me to attend a clp meeting so I could vote for something he wanted. I told him I'm a Corbyn entryist and don't really have the time for any of this nonsense. To try and appeal to me he said: listen, the 3 major Labour figures I've always had the most respect are Corbyn, Gordon Brown and Ken Livingstone!