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Idles announce new album, Ultra Mono
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 17 June 2020
Idles have announced that they will release their third album, ‘Ultra Mono’, this autumn. The announcement was accompanied by new single ‘Grounds’.
“We wanted to write a song that embodied self-belief, and gave us self-belief – a counter-punch to all the doubt we build up from all the noise we so easily let in”, says frontman Joe Talbot of that new track. “We wanted to make the sound of our own hearts’ marching band, armed with a jack hammer and a smile. We wanted to make the sound of our engine starting. So we did”.
Is a jack hammer the same thing as a pneumatic drill? I think it is. But I’m not sure either of those things has what you’d call an engine. Maybe I’m thinking too much about this. The point is, there’s an album coming out. Coming out on 25 Sep. Coming out on 25 Sep through Partisan Records. Coming out on 25 Sep through Partisan Records and, er, actually that was everything.
No, wait, new albums mean gigs. Well, they used to. Now they mean livestreams. And this one will have three, which are set to take place in “an iconic studio” on 29-30 Aug. So, if you’re missing buying tickets to things, now’s your chance. Do so here.
Oh, and you can watch the video for ‘Grounds’ here:
