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IDLES release new track ‘Car Crash’

It’s the second song from their new album ‘CRAWLER’.

Photo: Tom Ham

4th November 2021

After announcing their fourth album ‘CRAWLER’ with comeback track ‘The Beachland Ballroom’, IDLES are giving us the latest taste of what to expect with new track ‘Car Crash’.

Detailing frontman Joe Talbot’s own near-fatal experience, he says, “It’s the horrific, comedown hangover — waking up in the morning and realising the smashes, like, what the fuck am I doing with my life?”

“We wanted it to be as violent as possible to reflect that event,” Mark Bowen adds. “I really wanted it to be this sonic touchstone. We recorded the drums beforehand and put them on a vinyl acetate. Whenever you replay an acetate, because it is kind of like a liquid, it degrades every time. It touches on things being transient and momentary — even a single drum hit. It’s like a memory, when the moment has passed and you deal with the repercussions over and over again, and they morph and change into something else. It’s one of the first times on an IDLES song where we used proper effects on the vocals — it was Joe going through my pedal board, so you get both clarity and degradation.”

Check out ‘Car Crash’ below.

‘CRAWLER’ Tracklisting:
1. MTT 420 RR
2. The Wheel
3. When the Lights Come On
4. Car Crash
5. The New Sensation
6. Stockholm Syndrome
7. The Beachland Ballroom
8. Crawl!
9. Meds
10. Kelechi
11. Progress
12. Wizz
13. King Snake
14. The End

See IDLES live at the following dates:

JANUARY
16 / UK / London / O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT
17 / UK / London / O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT
18 / UK / London / O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT
19 / UK / London / O2 Academy Brixton
21 / UK / Cardiff / Motorpoint Arena SOLD OUT
22 / UK / Birmingham / O2 Academy SOLD OUT
24 / IE / Dublin / Vicar Street SOLD OUT
25 / IE / Dublin / Vicar Street SOLD OUT
26 / IE / Dublin / Vicar Street SOLD OUT
28 / UK / Manchester / O2 Victoria Warehouse SOLD OUT
29 / UK / Manchester / O2 Victoria Warehouse SOLD OUT
30 / UK / Manchester / O2 Victoria Warehouse SOLD OUT

FEBRUARY
01 / UK / Sheffield / O2 Academy SOLD OUT
02 / UK / Newcastle / O2 City Hall SOLD OUT
03 / UK / Glasgow / Barrowland Ballroom SOLD OUT
04 / UK / Glasgow / Barrowland Ballroom SOLD OUT
05 / UK / Glasgow / Barrowland Ballroom SOLD OUT
18 / DE / Hamburg / Docks SOLD OUT
19 / NE / Amsterdam / Melkweg SOLD OUT
20 / NE / Amsterdam / Melkweg SOLD OUT
22 / DE / Berlin / Columbiahalle SOLD OUT
23 / DE / Cologne / E-Work SOLD OUT
24 / DE / Munich / Muffathalle SOLD OUT
26 / BE / Brussels / Ancienne Belgique SOLD OUT
28 / FR / Paris / Elysee Montmartre SOLD OUT

MARCH
01 / FR / Paris / Elysee Montmartre SOLD OUT
02 / FR / Lyon / Le Transbordeur SOLD OUT
03 / IT / Milan / Fabrique
06 / FR / Toulouse / Le Bikini
07 / ES / Bilbao / Santana
09 / ES / Barcelona / Razzmatazz
10 / ES / Madrid / La Riviera
11 / PT / Lisbon / Coliseum
20 / AR / Bueno Aires / Lollapalooza
25 / COL /Bogota / Estéreo Picnic
27 / BR / Sao Paulo / Lollapalooza Brazil

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