NEWS 2019/08/02
Kerrang! Awards 2019 winners of Best British Breakthrough Act, IDLES, have not only unveiled a new track in the form of I Dream Guillotine, but also a new music video for their May single Mercedes Marxist. Both tracks are taken from the Bristol punks’ Mercedes Marxist 7”, which is released today (pick it up here) – though they were written and recorded during the sessions for last year’s incredible Joy As An Act Of Resistance album. “Mercedes Marxist was a strange beast for us, after Rottweiler, it was the first song we wrote for Joy As An Act Of Resistance,” said frontman Joe Talbot at the time of its release. “I was pissed off at what I was and where I was: I was sofa surfing on the weekends and spending the weeks looking after my mum. My life balance was...