News: IDLES Reveal ‘Crawler’ Album, Release ‘The Beachland Ballroom’ single

An IDLES album co-produced by Kenny Beats? The very same Kenny Beats who has collaborated with the likes of Vince Staples and Denzel Curry? Correct! That’s just part and parcel of this U.K. group’s open-mindedness, to work with people who understand their art and wish to see it flourish. Whether those individuals come from the punk rock scene or not. Called Crawler, IDLES fourth record in just as many years – their previous LP being the rollicking Ultra Mono from last year – is looking to be yet another powerful story-telling experience from their often forthcoming singer, Joe Talbot.  As Talbot explains, this record’s theme is a characterisation of him at his lowest: “‘Crawler’ is like the character of me in the dark warmth of my addiction — a crawler, a nigh...

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