Muso's Guide - Displaying items by tag: Idles

Singles That Mingle

With Captain Stavros

Hotel Lux – The Carvery

Bah humbug!

Ellie Bleach – Do You Ever Think of Me?

Out Now Via Sad Club Records

Bah humbug! Bah humbug!

Royalty Capes – This Christmas

Bah humbug! Bah humbug! Bah humbug!

Hannah Rose Plat – The Wendigo Rag

Bah humbug! Bah humbug! Bah humbug! Bah humbug!

The Umbrellas – Echoes

Fairweather Friend Out Summer Via Tough Love/Slumberland

Who do these vocals remind you of, it’s killing me?!

Soho, Anise and Simon – 2Pablo

Out Now Via Silicone Records

Introspective, we can all use a few of these over the holidays.

Grandaddy – Cabin in my Mind

Blu Wav Out February 16 Via Dangerbird Records

A blast from the past and as good, if not better, than we remember.

Tom Jenkins – Is There A Next One?

Meadow Part 1 Out Now Via Xtra Mile Recordings

Smooth and warm

High School – August 19

Not too shabby.

SLIFT – Nimh

Ilion Out January 19 Via Sub Pop

Straight out the gate up in your grill.

Sean Ono Lennon x Temples – Gamma Rays

It’s got chops.

Vince Freeman – Powers

Scars, Ghosts and Glory

Funky, soulful, cathartic.

Idles – Grace

TANGK Out February 16 Via Partisan

Slow build, curious to check the new LP when it drops.

The Blinders – Always

Beholder Out March 1 Via Funhouse/EMI

Dig this straight away, moody and broody.

Born At Midnight – Spotlight

Out Now Via Arbatus Records

Funky Low-fi.

I don’t need to say much about this band. You know them and love/hate them already. The third album is coming in September and this is an interesting choice for the new single. It’s not a rousing chant along banger but rather an atmospheric ode to the banality of everyday existence.

That said, you could imagine this as a singalong anthem in stadia, and Idles have already confirmed a number of really big shows for next year. Hopefully this is as close as they get to stadium rock. It would be a shame to see a band with their potential going down that route.

Speaking of banality, the video itself follows each band member going to the shops with a parent. A bit like one of those car share shows. The lyrics are subtitled in various languages and I imagine the thrill that I felt when “D’eirigh linn” appeared will be felt by others of the dozens of languages when their own native tongue is represented on screen. Enjoy ‘A Hymn'.

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