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IDLES share new video for ‘Great’

The Bristol band have offered up another slice of their forthcoming album ‘Joy As An Act Of Resistance’.

Photo: Pooneh Ghana

14th August 2018

IDLES have offered up another taste of their forthcoming new album ‘Joy As An Act Of Resistance’ and, unsurprisingly, it’s a doozy.

Having already tackled immigration in the lyrics of ‘Danny Nedelko’ and toxic masculinity in their recently-released ‘Samaritans’, their latest offering ‘Great’ - a real black comedy rallying cry, if ever there was one - takes square aim at that little old thing called Brexit.

“Let us go forward with open minds and open hearts into that fuck off fire we’ve started,” says singer Joe Talbot, of the track. “No blame, no hate. Just love and a blue passport.” Sounds straight-forward enough.

The quintet have offered up a video for the track - as directed by Theo Watkins - which sees the band’s singer taking in some of the sights of our great country, as well as enjoying as overpriced bacon sarnie.

The band’s new album ‘Joy As An Act Of Resistance’ is released on 31st August via Partisan Records, and to celebrate, they’ll be hosting a special pop-up art exhibition - more info on that here.

Watch the video for ‘Great’ below, and check out the band’s upcoming live plans underneath the player.

AUGUST
02-05 Bestival
30-01 Scotland, Electric Fields (DIY stage)

SEPTEMBER
11 Tokyo, Daikanyama Unit
14 Chicago, Lincoln Hall
15 Fort Wayne, Middle Waves Music Festival
16 Columbus, Ace of Cups
17 Toronto, Lee’s Palace
18 Montreal, Theatre Fairmont
20 Boston, Brighton Music Hall
22 Brooklyn, Music Hall of Williamsburg
24 Philadephia, First Unitarian Church
25 Washington, Rock & Roll Hotel
27 Atlanta, Masquerade
28 Nashville, The High Watt
29 St Louis, Blueberry Hill Duck Room

OCTOBER
01 Denver, Larimer Lounge
04 Vancouver, The Rickshaw Theatre
05 Portland, Doug Fir Lounge
06 Seattle, Sunset Tavern
08 San Francisco, The Independent
10 Los Angeles, Teragram Ballroom
16 Bristol, SWX
18 London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
19 Manchester, O2 Ritz
20 Glasgow, O2 ABC
23 Newcastle, Riverside
24 Leeds, Leeds University Stylus
25 Nottingham, Rock City
26 Birmingham, Institute
27 Brighton, Concorde 2
29 Oxford, O2 Academy
30 Lille, L’Aeronef

NOVEMBER
01 Brussels, Botanique
02 Leffinge, De Zwerver
03 Dusseldorf, zakk
04 Amsterdam, Melkweg
06 Groningen, VERA
08 Copenhagen, Loppen
09 Hamburg, Knust
10 Leipzig, UT Connewitz
11 Berlin, SO36
13 Prague, Futurum
14 Vienna, Flex Cafe
16 Munich, Ampere
17 St. Gallen, Palace
18 Dudingen, Bad Bonn
19 Zurich, Mascotte
20 Lausanne, Les Docks
22 Milan, Circolo Magnolia
23 Lyon, Epicerie Moderne
24 Bordeaux, Rock School Barbey
26 Porto, Hard Club
27 Lisbon, Lisboa ao Vivo
29 Madrid, Moby Dick
30 Barcelona, Razzmatazz

DECEMBER
01 Toulouse, Connexion Live

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