In the half a decade since Brutalism announced the arrival of something truly extraordinary, IDLES have established themselves as one of the UK’s most reliably provocative bands. Last year’s Ultra Mono hit a pinnacle of self-owned sloganeering and bursts of angry noise, neatly encapsulating everything they seemed to be about and scoring a UK Number One album in the process. In the wake of that success they could easily have served up more of the same but Crawler is something altogether different. The change is apparent right from the off as opener MTT 420 RR revs its engines on the back of the riff from Angel by fellow Bristolians Massive Attack. Dissecting a horrific road accident as a metaphor for frontman Joe Talbot’s descent into addiction – a central...