Idlewild have introduced particulars of their first new album in six years. The Edinburgh quintet’s self-titled tenth album will emerge on October 3 by way of V2 Data. And, as a preview of what is to return, the group have shared the file’s first single, the anthemic Keep Out Of Place.
Commenting on the one, frontman Roddy Woomble says, “Walt Whitman was proper, we do include ‘multitudes’ – there may be multiple ‘us’ in there – we’re selecting a voice from among the many many voices. That is particularly fascinating in a band context, as a result of it isn’t only one voice, however 5 voices collaborating, over time.
“We prepare the world in our personal order, however typically you’ve bought to shake up expectations and overlook in regards to the directions – I suppose that is what I am getting at with Keep Out Of Place. It felt like start line and (re)introduction to Idlewild 2025.”
Produced and blended by guitarist Rod Jones, Idlewild was written final 12 months at Publish Electrical Studios in Edinburgh and the Isle of Iona Library within the Hebrides. In accordance with Woomble, the goal for the file was to seize “massive concepts, deep uncertainties, memorable tunes.”
“We’re trying again with out being nostalgic,” he says. “We had been serious about all of the songs we’d made and the brand new songs we had been making. For the primary time we had been referencing ourselves, not in a nostalgic manner, in a optimistic, inventive manner, realising that we had a ‘sound’ and the songs we had been writing ought to have fun that. After it was all recorded and completed, it felt becoming to easily title it Idlewild.
The album tracklist is:
1. Keep Out Of Place
2. Like I Had Earlier than
3. It is Not The First Time
4. (I Cannot Assist) Again Then You Discovered Me
5. The Mirror Nonetheless
6. Make It Occur
7. I Want I Wrote It Down
8. Everlasting Colors
9. Writers Of The Current Time
10. Finish With Dawn
Take heed to opening observe/first single Keep Out Of Place beneath;
Idlewild will tour the UK following the album’s launch, calling at:
Oct 10: Newcastle Boilershop
Oct 11: Leeds Mission Home
Oct 12: Wolverhampton Wulfrun Corridor
Oct 14: Cambridge The Junction
Oct 15: Bristol O2 Academy
Oct 17: London Koko (Bought out)
Oct 18: Manchester New Century Corridor
Dec 05: Aberdeen Seaside Ballroom (Bought out)
Dec 06: Dundee LiveHouse
Dec 07: Glasgow Barrowland (Bought out)
For ticket particulars, go right here.
