A Beautiful Thing: IDLES Live at Le Bataclan

“Great,” the fourth single from IDLES' second album Joy as an Act of Resistance, reflects on the reasons behind why 52% of the UK chose to leave the EU. It is ultimately a cautiously optimistic song about choosing unity over hate as the UK moves closer to the leave date, and into uncertain waters. In a press release, Joe Talbot said: “Let us go forward with open minds and open hearts into that fuck off fire we’ve started.” The band have publicly spoken out about their dislike of the ‘Brexit’ result. Read more on Last.fm.

Idles are an English post-punk band formed in Bristol, England in 2009. The success of the band’s debut EP “Welcome” did not go unnoticed and so it happened that BBC Introducing in the Southwest honoured the group as “Band of The Year” in 2012. After a hiatus, the band returned in 2015 with “MEAT EP” and “META EP”. “Divide & Conquer” and “Well Done” were released in 2016, when it was announced their debut album “Brutalism” was released on March the 10th, 2017 and was supported by a 24 date UK Tour during March and April. https://root.theworkpc.com/music/preview?img=http://www.idlesband.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.