IDLES – SINGLE REVIEW


Idles – Samaritans (Partisan Records) 
Idles - Samaritans

Release Date: Out Now

Just when I thought I couldn’t be more impressed with Idles they come along and slap a mighty slab of meat on the table, meat in the shape of new single ‘Samaritans’. Furious, relentless drumming underpins a low-slung bass grumble, abrasive guitars and the barked vocals that are an Idles trademark. “I’m a while boy boy and I cry, I love myself and I want to try, this is why you never see your father cry” goes the chorus as the band tackle the issues of pent up emotion within the façade of 21st century masculinity head on. This is punk, this is rock’n’roll, this is essential, this is what 2018 needs. This. Is. Idles.


Live Dates:

4th August – Visions Fesitval, Hackney
9th August – Boomtown Fair, Winchester
12th August – Schlachthof Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
23rd August – Le Cabaret Vert, Charleville-Mezieres
30th August – Electric Fields, Thornhill
31st August – Rough Trade, Bristol
3rd September – The Wave Maiden, Southsea
3rd September – Resident, Brighton
5th September – Record Junkee, Sheffield
6th September – The Wardrobe, Leeds
6th September – FOPP, Manchester
7th September – Spillers Records, Cardiff
11th September – UNIT, Shibuya
14th September – Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne
14th September – Lincoln Hall, Chicago
16th September – Ace of Cups, Columbus
17th September – Lee’s Palace, Toronto
18th September – Theatre Fairmount, Montreal
17th October – Q Awards @ The Roundhouse, London w/Wolf Alice


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