Birmingham date for punk lads IDLES
IDLES - described as 'the UK's best punk band' - will have a new record to promote when they stop off in Birmingham this autumn.
The Bristol five-piece have confirmed details for their highly anticipated second LP Joy As An Act Of Resistance - it will be out August 31 via Partisan Records.
Produced by Space and mixed by Adam Greenspan & Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kate Bush), it takes aim at everything from toxic masculinity, nationalism, immigration, and class inequality.
And fans can have their own say when IDLES arrive at Birmingham's O2 Institute on October 26.
IDLES self-released their debut album Brutalism last year, making this a pretty quick turnaround for the potentially difficult second effort.
Speaking about the upcoming record, frontman Joe Talbot said in a statement posted online: "Joy As An Act Of Resistance is a parade. It’s a parade of laughing at the funeral, of listening to the b******s, of phlegm on the mirror.
"It’s a parade of laughing at yourself. It is love. It is loving yourself. It is our thank you. It is our sorry.
"It is a parade of what I truly miss and what I truly have. It is a parade of joy in the face of all we don’t want and all we fear. It is a parade of you. Thank you."
For tickets, priced at £19, click here.
