New York, NY (Top40 Charts) After taking a year and a half hiatus from the live scene since the success of their debut EP release 'Welcome' which included BBC Introducing in the Southwest "Band of The Year", they have been perfecting their writing process to "bleed out a shit tonne of songs that we're truly proud of".
2015 finally saw the release of their much anticipated second EP MEAT, shortly followed by META, an EP of remixes by Alt J, SLINT, The
Vaccines andSly-One.
"IDLES are hard to capture, because they're not Fat White Family, they're not Sleaford Mods, they are very much their own incarnation of uncompromising rhythmical punk rock. Lyrically, a mixture of dry obsessional humour and poetic slogans. But, best of all, they really get the adrenalin pumping". - Steve Lamcq BBC6 Music
"Wilder than a very wild thing marked wild in the wild shop in the middle of the wild wild wood. An IDLES live show is not quite like anything that you have ever seen or heard.
Its got all the ingredients taken from rock n roll's rich history but the synthesis is entirely their own. The wild men of Bristol". - Tom Robinson BBC6 music
UK TOUR DATES:
October
4th Oct - Phoenix, Exeter
7th Oct - The Exchange, Bristol
8th Oct - The Anvil, Bournemouth
9th Oct - The Bullingdon, Oxford
13th Oct - O2 Academy, Oxford (Dead Kennedys Support)
14th Oct - Islington Academy, London (Dead Kennedys Support)
15th Oct - Islington Academy, London (Dead Kennedys Support)
21st Oct - Wardrobe, Leeds
22nd Oct -
Simple Things Festival, Bristol
29th Oct - Four Bars, Cardiff (PILE Support)
November
4th Nov - Iceland Airwaves Festival - Reykjavik
6th Nov - Live Rooms, Chester
7th Nov - Academy 3, Birmingham
9th Nov - Oakford Social Club, Reading
10th Nov - Portland Arms, Cambridge
11th Nov - The Hairy Dog, Derby
13th Nov - Rocking Chair, Sheffield
14th Nov - Unity Works, Wakefield