IDLES unleash new track ‘Model Village’

With their new album ‘Ultra Mono’ landing on 25th September, IDLES are unleashing their latest track ‘Model Village’.

“I hated growing up in a city that was really a town that was really a fishbowl,” Joe Talbot says of the songs inspo. “I left as soon as I could, only to realize the fishbowl didn’t exist…just the fish, and they’re everywhere.”

Accompanied by a new vid directed by Michel Gondry and Olivier Gondry, Michel says of the visuals, “Olivier and I were excited to work on this because we use completely opposite techniques. I work with a primitive system of cutting paper and moving it under the lens frame by frame. Olivier then transforms it by morphing, warping and CGI. Basically, in the first part we try to illustrate the lyrics as close as possible, to create the world, and then in the second half…they go to the moon.”

Joe adds, “Michel’s work is handmade and it’s human and that’s something that our society pushes against: you need to be perfect. You need to look perfect and everything needs to be seamless and strong. But actually, vulnerability and naivety are strengths. To be vulnerable and to be naive is to have empathy. And so, to empathize with your adversaries and allow yourself to be naked on film or on record is a really strong thing to do. It liberates you and it also liberates your audience. That’s something that I hope that IDLES can do, and that Gondry’s been doing for years.”

Check it out now below.