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 : https://youtu.be/t7aktt5cDqs
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!’”
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 OU
- 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