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Idles announce fourth album, Crawler
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 30 September 2021
Idles have announced that they will release their fourth album, ‘Crawler’, in November, following last year’s chart topping LP ‘Ultra Mono’. First single, ‘The Beachland Ballroom’ – named after the Ohio music venue – is out now.
“It’s the most important song on the album, really”, says vocalist Joe Talbot of the single. “There’s so many bands that go through the small rooms and dream of making it into the big rooms”.
“Being able to write a soul tune like this made me go, fuck – we’re at a place where we’re actually allowed to go to these big rooms and be creative and not just go through the motions and really appreciate what we’ve got”, he continues. “The song is sort of an allegory of feeling lost and getting through it. It’s one that I really love singing”.
Guitarist Mark Bowen, who co-produced the album alongside Kenny Beats, adds: “I didn’t know Joe could sing like that. He’s been trying to write ‘Be My Baby’ since the very beginning, but he didn’t want to be the punk guy wearing the Motown clothes. He wanted it to feel natural, and this song is”.
The album is set for release on 12 Nov, and the band will head out on a sold out tour (bar one extra date added at the Brixton Academy on 19 Jan) at the beginning of next year. Now, here’s ‘The Beachland Ballroom’:
