IDLES have announced the 12th November of CRAWLER via Partisan Records, the UK group’s fourth album in as many years and the follow-up to their first No. 1, 2020’s Ultra Mono. The 14-track project was recorded at the famed Real World Studios in Bath during the COVID-19 pandemic and co-produced by Kenny Beats (Vince Staples, Slowthai, Freddie Gibbs) and IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen. Pre-order CRAWLER HERE.
First single “The Beachland Ballroom,” named after the iconic Ohio venue, is an honest-to-goodness soul song featuring a gorgeous, gripping vocal performance from frontman Joe Talbot. It’s available to stream now and is accompanied by a LOOSE-directed official video :
Says Talbot of the track, “It’s the most important song on the album, really. 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. The song is sort of an allegory of feeling lost and getting through it. It's one that I really love singing.”
Adds Bowen, “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.”
On CRAWLER the group bring to life vivid stories of trauma, addiction and recovery with their most soul-stirring music to date. There are, of course, numerous moments that will inspire absolute mayhem in a packed concert venue this autumn, like the warped glam rock of “The Wheel,” the 30-second grindcore slap to the head of “Wizz” and the unhinged, pulverizing bass-and-drum groove of “The New Sensation.” But there are also fresh textures and experiments that push IDLES into thrilling new territory, like the alternate universe marching band anthem “Stockholm Syndrome” and “Progress,” a “mantra of realisation” that soothes both body and mind in a way few IDLES songs ever have before.
The New York Times recently included IDLES’ new album in their Fall Music Preview saying, “The British band IDLES wrings new variations from the post-punk vocabulary of obstinacy, impact, dissonance, talk-singing and ratcheting-up tension on its fourth studio album. The band escalates from electronic Minimalism to flat-out stomp and roar; the vocalist, Joe Talbot, veers from bitter cynicism to dance-floor instructions to howls of “Damage! Damage! Damage!’”
CRAWLER tracklisting:
1. MTT 420 RR
2. The Wheel
3. When the Lights Come On
4. Car Crash
5. The New Sensation
6. Stockholm Syndrome
7. The Beachland Ballroom
8. Crawl!
9. Meds
10. Kelechi
11. Progress
12. Wizz
13. King Snake
14. The End
IDLES will return to live performance on a sold-out twenty three date North American tour that begins on 7th October. They will then play sold out UK shows throughout January and February 2022 that includes a four night run at London’s legendary O2 Academy Brixton.
IDLES 2021/22 Tour Dates:
07 OCT 2021 / USA / Saint Paul, MN / Palace Theatre SOLD OUT
08 OCT 2021 / USA / Chicago / Riviera Theatre SOLD OUT
09 OCT 2021 / USA / Detroit / Saint Andrew’s Hall SOLD OUT
10 OCT 2021 / USA / Columbus, Ohio / Newport Music Hall SOLD OUT
13 OCT 2021 / USA / Boston / House of Blues SOLD OUT
13 OCT 2021 / USA / Philadelphia / The Fillmore
15 OCT 2021 / USA / New York (Terminal 5 - SOLD OUT)
16 OCT 2021 / USA / New York / Terminal 5 SOLD OUT
17 OCT 2021 / USA / Washington, D.C / 9:30 Club SOLD OUT
18 OCT 2021 / USA / Washington, D.C / 9:30 Club SOLD OUT
20 OCT 2021 / USA / Asheville, N.C / The Orange Peel SOLD OUT
21 OCT 2021 / USA / Nashville / Cannery Ballroom SOLD OUT
22 OCT 2021 / USA / Atlanta / Heaven at the Masquerade
25 OCT 2021 / USA / Austin, Texas (Stubb’s - SOLD OUT)
26 OCT 2021 / USA / Dallas / Granada Theater SOLD OUT
27 OCT 2021 / USA / San Antonio, TX / Paper Tiger SOLD OUT
28 OCT 2021 / USA / Phoenix /The Pressroom SOLD OUT
30 OCT 2021 / USA / Pioneertown, CA / Pappy & Harriet’s SOLD OUT
31 OCT 2021 / USA / Pioneertown, CA / Pappy & Harriet’s SOLD OUT
01 NOV 2021 / USA / Pomona CA / Glass House SOLD OUT
03 NOV 2021 / USA / Los Angeles / Fonda Theatre SOLD OUT
04 NOV 2021 / USA / Los Angeles / Fonda Theatre SOLD OUT
05 NOV 2021 / USA / Los Angeles / Fonda Theatre SOLD OUT
06 NOV 2021 / San Francisco / The Warfield SOLD OUT
08 NOV 2021 / Portland / Crystal Ballroom SOLD OUT
09 NOV 2021 / USA / Seattle / Showbox SOLD OUT
10 NOV 2021 / USA / Seattle / Showbox SoDo SOLD OUT
16 JAN 2022 / UK / London / O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT
17 JAN 2022 / UK / London / O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT
18 JAN 2022 / UK / London / O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT
19 JAN 2022 / UK / London / O2 Academy Brixton
21 JAN 2022 / UK / Cardiff / Motorpoint Arena SOLD OUT
22 JAN 2022 / UK / Birmingham / O2 Academy SOLD OUT
24 JAN 2022 / IE / Dublin / Vicar Street SOLD OUT
25 JAN 2022 / IE / Dublin / Vicar Street SOLD OUT
26 JAN 2022 / IE / Dublin / Vicar Street SOLD OUT
28 JAN 2022 / UK / Manchester / O2 Victoria Warehouse SOLD OUT
29 JAN 2022 / UK / Manchester / O2 Victoria Warehouse SOLD OUT
30 JAN 2022 / UK / Manchester / O2 Victoria Warehouse SOLD OUT
01 FEB 2022 / UK / Sheffield / O2 Academy SOLD OUT
02 FEB 2022 / UK / Newcastle / O2 City Hall SOLD OUT
03 FEB 2022 / UK / Glasgow / Barrowland Ballroom SOLD OUT
04 FEB 2022 / UK / Glasgow / Barrowland Ballroom SOLD OUT
05 FEB 2022 / UK / Glasgow / Barrowland Ballroom SOLD OUT
18 FEB 2022 / DE / Hamburg / Docks SOLD OUT
19 FEB 2022 / NE / Amsterdam / Melkweg SOLD OUT
20 FEB 2022 / NE / Amsterdam / Melkweg SOLD OUT
22 FEB 2022 / DE / Berlin / Columbiahalle SOLD OUT
23 FEB 2022 / DE / Cologne / E-Work SOLD OUT
24 FEB 2022 / DE / Munich / Muffathalle SOLD OUT
26 FEB 2022 / BE / Brussels / Ancienne Belgique SOLD OUT
28 FEB 2022 / FR / Paris / Elysee Montmartre SOLD OUT
01 MAR 2022 / FR / Paris / Elysee Montmartre SOLD OUT
02 MAR 2022 / FR / Lyon / Le Transbordeur
03 MAR 2022 / IT / Milan / Fabrique
06 MAR 2022 / FR / Toulouse / Le Bikini
07 MAR 2022 / ES / Bilbao / Santana
09 MAR 2022 / ES / Barcelona / Razzmatazz
10 MAR 2022 / ES / Madrid / La Riviera
11 MAR 2022 / PT / Lisbon / Coliseum
