IDLES offer up new track ‘Rabbit Run’ taken from forthcoming film Caught Stealing

Just when you thought IDLES might be getting ready to wind down, they’ve gone and released a new single.

The band - who are set to cap off the ‘TANGK’ era with two huge shows in Bristol this weekend - have shared their latest offering, ‘Rabbit Run’, which doubles as a contribution to the soundtrack of forthcoming crime film Caught Stealing.

For the soundtrack of the Darren Aronofsky movie, the band have not only contributed four new original tracks - including this new single - but they’ve also recorded the whole score, which has been composed by Rob Simonsen.

Speaking of the collaboration, the band’s Joe Talbot has said: “This has been a huge opportunity for us that seemingly came about after a chance meeting backstage at Fallon when we both happened to be guests on the same day. But in hindsight, I realise that Darren is one of my favourite directors and his films have in some ways made me who I am as an artist. This lucid dream has been a lifetime in the making and one that I will live over and over with a huge sense of humility and joy.”

The film’s director, Aronofsky, continues: “I built Caught Stealing to be a rollercoaster of fun and wanted to supercharge the film by main lining  a punk sensibility. I don’t think a band has really been tasked with performing a score for a movie. Who better to collaborate with than IDLES?  It has been a dream watching them bend their notes to blast a hole in our movie screen.”

The band’s new track lands ahead of their huge Bristol Block Party shows this weekend, which take place tonight (1st August) and tomorrow. 

Check out ‘Rabbit Run’ below, and find the full tracklisting for Caught Stealing’s soundtrack underneath the player.