Idles: Joy As an Act of Resistance
Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 31 August 2018
POP MUSIC TAKES US to some wonderful places in 2018 but, Sleaford Mods aside, doesn't often reflect the sharp end of austerity, post-referendum Britain. But, 18 months after their acclaimed debut, Brutalism, Idles do that with 11 songs of focused, cathartic rage, rooted in their own experiences. Their vehicle is furious punk rock with post-punk angularity — a molten, modern cross of the Fall, Fugazi and the Angelic Upstarts — and the songs bolt out of the traps with sparks and guitars flying.
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