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IDLES (Music)

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IDLES is a British Punk Rock band formed in Bristol in 2009, consisting of frontman Joe Talbot, guitarists Mark "Bobo" Bowen and Lee Kiernan, bassist Adam "Dev" Devonshire, and drummer Jon Beavis. Their distinct musical blend of harsh guitar and stripped down bass is amplified by Talbot's intense, wailing lyrics about such topics as human compassion and traditional gender roles. Album Discography: Brutalism (Studio, 2017) Joy as an Act of Resistance (Studio, 2018) A Beautiful Thing (Live at Le Bataclan) (Live, 2019) Ultra Mono (Studio, 2020) Crawler (Studio, 2021) Tangk (Studio, 2024) Singles and Extended Plays Idles (EP, 2011) Welcome (EP, 2012) Meat (EP, 2015) Colossus (Single, 2018) Danny Nedelko (Single, 2018) Samaritans (Single, 2018) Great (Single, 2018) Mercedes Marxist (Single, 2019) I Dream Guillotine (Single, 2019) Colossus (Music/Tricky remix, 2019) Mother (Live at Le Bataclan) (Live single, 2019) Television (Live at Le Bataclan) (Live single, 2019) Mr. Motivator (Single, 2020)''
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Darker and Edgier
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Darker and Edgier: Their studio albums in respect to their older EP’s certainly qualify. As well, the studio albums zig-zag this thus far, though both Ultra Mono and Crawler are definitely darker than Joy.
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New Sound Album
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New Sound Album: For the relatively few people who were following them from the beginning, Brutalism was that in spades, as it bears little resemblance to their prior output. Crawler, whilst not a total departure from the blazing sound of their past three albums, is more varied, having a greater focus on atmosphere and a bit more genre hopping from the band, dipping into genres on both the lighter side note "The Beachland Ballroom" and "Progress" and the darker sidenote "Wizz"'s descent into a grindcore freakout being a standout.
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Black Comedy
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Black Comedy: From "White Privilege": “How many optimists does it take to change a lightbulb? None! The butler changes the lightbulb!”
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Only Sane Man
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Only Sane Man: Outside of his striking beard, Adam Devonshire is notable for being the only stationary person on a band where everyone else (outside of the drummer of course) is regularly stagediving and/or sprinting excessively.
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Concept Album
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Concept Album: Their studio albums can be thought of as this: Brutalism on death and anger, while most songs on Joy… are about hope and unity in difficult situations. Ultra Mono is both about Joe's personal healing and an exploration of the... touchy political and social climate the album was made in, while Crawler is more explicitly personal, being about Joe and his mothers' respective addictions, the struggle of sobriety, and Joe's near-death in a car crash.
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Cluster F-Bomb
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"Mr. Motivator", while notable for its Cluster F-Bomb bridge, also has two examples of this with "Like Frida Kahlo painting "arm the poor" on your fuck-off wall" and "Like Kathleen Hanna with bear claws grabbing Donald Trump by the pussy".
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Driving Song
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Driving Song: "Car Crash", although not in the usual way.
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Punk Rock
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Punk Rock: Averted. While their output could be classified as punk, and many publications/promoters refer to them as such (with the promoters of Athens Rocks festival going as far as to label them “the saviors of Punk”) the band have publicly denounced this label, with Joe Talbot going as far as to proclaim on stage that “for the last time, we aren’t fucking punk!”.
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Album Closure
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Album Closure: The appropriately titled "The End" from Crawler ends a pretty downcast album with a mantra of "in spite of it all, life is beautiful".
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Genre Roulette
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Crawler, whilst not a total departure from the blazing sound of their past three albums, is more varied, having a greater focus on atmosphere and a bit more genre hopping from the band, dipping into genres on both the lighter side note "The Beachland Ballroom" and "Progress" and the darker sidenote "Wizz"'s descent into a grindcore freakout being a standout.
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All Drummers Are Animals
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All Drummers Are Animals: Somewhat averted. While Jon Beavis is quite animated behind the drumkit, he pales in comparison to Lee and especially Bobo.
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Early-Installment Weirdness
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Early-Installment Weirdness: The first two EP’s, Idles and Welcome, have little to none resemblance to their later output. They were straight-up indie rock with virtually none of the hardcore elements present, and Joe is also singing in a much cleaner tone rather than the Harsh Vocals he would become known for later.
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Step Up to the Microphone
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Step Up to the Microphone: Bobo will sometimes literally grab the microphone from Joe and sing acapella. Hilarity Ensues.
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Audience Participation Song
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Audience Participation Song: Several. The “Fear leads to panic…” mantra on "Danny Nedelko". The last chorus of "White Privilege" can be that as well. The chorus of "Mother", where Joe will alternate between the words "mother" and "fucker" while the audience sings the other part - and sometimes both.
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Pep-Talk Song
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Pep-Talk Song: "Mr. Motivator" is the very definition of this, with a chorus of "You can do it! Yes you can! Woo!"
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Non-Appearing Title
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Non-Appearing Title: "The IDLES Chant", "Gram Rock" and "Stendhal Syndrome", among others.
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Iconic Outfit
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Iconic Outfit: Mark Bowen will almost always play onstage with his boxers on and nothing else, sometimes making an exception for televised apperances. He also has a fondness for rather nice dresses.
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Epic Rocking
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Epic Rocking: Averted, as none of their songs are passing the 6 minute mark. The only ones that come close are "Colossus" and "Rottweiler" (both of which, according to the band themselves, had been written explicitly to serve as intro and outro respectively to Joy As An Act Of Resistance).
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Arc Words
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Arc Words: The word “unity” is repeated several times throughout Joy As An Act Of Resistance, mostly on "Danny Nedelko" and at the end of "Rottweiler".
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"I Hate" Song
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"I Hate" Song: "I'm Scum" is a subversion, being more of a "I am what they hate", embracing the epithets thrown towards progressives by people on the far-right.
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Siamese Twin Songs
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Siamese Twin Songs: An non-studio example, but on their live shows "Mother" will segue into "Faith In The City" more times than not. "Kelechi" is nothing more but a 30-second intro to "Progress".
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Large Ham
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Large Ham: Joe, especially on Ultra Mono. "Kill Them With Kindness" is a great example, from Joe barking like a dog, to then whatever the hell this line in the fourth verse is: Bobo has his moments too, especially when handed a mic on-stage. The A Beautiful Thing live album features him being handed a mic at the start of "White Privilege" and he says... SOMETHING, causing Joe to take the mic away and say "Give him a microphone for ONE fucking minute..."
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The Something Song
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The Something Song: "The IDLES Chant".
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CloudCuckooLander
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Bobo has his moments too, especially when handed a mic on-stage. The A Beautiful Thing live album features him being handed a mic at the start of "White Privilege" and he says... SOMETHING, causing Joe to take the mic away and say "Give him a microphone for ONE fucking minute..."
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Addiction Song
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Addiction Song: "Benzocaine".
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Sensory Abuse
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Sensory Abuse: The ending of "Rottweiler", especially on the live version (which features Joe doubling down on drums).
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Mood Whiplash
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Mood Whiplash: "June", a slow and sombre track with heart-wrenching lyrics about a stillborn baby, is placed right in the middle on an album of fast, energetic tunes. According to Joe, this was completely intentional, to signify how tragic events can happen at any time without expectation.
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Precision F-Strike
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Precision F-Strike: The chorus of "Mother". "The Danny Nedelko Community, so fuck you!" from "Danny Nedelko". Though this is somewhat of a variation as it is spelled out rather than simply sung. "Mr. Motivator", while notable for its Cluster F-Bomb bridge, also has two examples of this with "Like Frida Kahlo painting "arm the poor" on your fuck-off wall" and "Like Kathleen Hanna with bear claws grabbing Donald Trump by the pussy".
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: The chorus of "Model Village" includes a reference to Joe South's "Rose Garden (I Beg Your Pardon)".
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Lighter and Softer
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Lighter and Softer: The difference between their early EP’s and Brutalism onwards is...striking: on their first EP Welcome, their sound resembles early 80’s U2 (just compare the into of Meydei to that of U2's I Will Follow), and has absolutely no sign of the aggressiveness they have been famous for – the next EP Meat is still firmly Post-Punk, but much harder in tone and serves as a bridge of sorts between the sound of their debut and the balls-out fury of Brutalism. Joy as an Act of Resistance, whilst just as aggressive as Brutalism, is lyrically much more positive and celebratory in nature compared to the bleakness of their debut. Crawler is definitely lighter than its predecessor in sound, with some electronic elements finding their way in.
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Cover Version
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Cover Version: IDLES took Solomon Burke’s soul classic "Cry To Me" and remade it into a slow-moving, almost stoner rock track. They have also done this with Metallica's "The God That Failed" and Gang of Four's "Damaged Goods".
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Live Album
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Live Album: A Beautiful Thing (Live at Le Bataclan). The 5 year anniversary deluxe edition of Brutalism includes the entire secret set they played at Glastonbury in 2022. Fittingly, said setlist featured Brutalism front to back - and nothing else.
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Title-Only Chorus
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Title-Only Chorus: "Great", "Mother" (partially), "Rottweiler"…too many to count.
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Stepford Suburbia
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Stepford Suburbia: "Model Village" paints an unflattering picture of small towns in the UK as hotbeds of right-wing extremism and toxic masculinity.
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Limited Lyrics Song
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Limited Lyrics Song: "Heel/Heal" has it's only verse repeated throughout the song, plus a chorus of "I'm done!" and "What Fun!".
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Album Title Drop
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Album Title Drop: Averted through their entire output until Crawler, whose title is mentioned in the chorus of "Crawl!".
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Audience Participation
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Audience Participation: When they’re playing "Exeter", there is a certainty that at least a dozen people will be featured on stage by the end of the song, with some even playing guitar (to varying degrees of success).
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Drugs Are Bad
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Drugs Are Bad: "Benzocaine". To a certain extent, "Gram Rock" can also apply, as its subject matter is about “two coked-up people attending my (Joe’s) grandma’s funeral”, with absurd lines such as “Ten points to Gryffindor!” and “I got new shoes, ‘cause I mean business!”.
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Grief Song
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Grief Song: "June" is about Joe’s stillborn daughter, Agatha. And to a lesser extent, Brutalism is a Grief Album about Joe’s mother, whose death influenced much of the record.
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Harsh Vocals
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Harsh Vocals: Joe Talbot’s go-to vocal style.
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