Music – IDLES ANNOUNCE RUN OF INTIMATE IN-STORE DATES Nottingham on September 5th

IDLES

ANNOUNCE RUN OF INTIMATE IN-STORE DATES 05 Sep UK Nottingham, Rough Trade, 7.30pm – : https://IDLES.lnk.to/RTnottingham

+ ANNOUNCE POP-UP ART EXHIBITION TO RAISE MONEY FOR SAMARITANS

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AUGUST 30TH & 31ST

AT HM ELECTRICS GALLERY, LONDON

WATCH VIDEO FOR “SAMARITANS” HERE 

‘JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE.’ OUT AUGUST 31ST ON PARTISAN RECORDS

PRE-ORDER HERE

WORLD TOUR ON SALE NOW

This afternoon IDLES have announced an art exhibition to celebrate the release of their second album “Joy as an Act of Resistance.”
Open for two days, between 12pm and 8pm, and curated by the band, the exhibition will take place at:
HM Electrics Gallery
65 Nile St.
London N1 7RD
The gallery will contain 18 pieces of work across several mediums, with contributions from:
Orlando Weeks
Nigel Talbot
Tao Lapsley
Russell Oliver
Robin Stewart
Tom Ham
Dapper Signs
Chris Nicholls
Ed Barrett

Beth Cater

The gallery will be free entry and artwork on display available to buy, with all proceeds going to the Samaritans charity.

The band have also announced a run of live in-store dates around the album:

30 Aug UK London, Banquet Records, 9pm  https://IDLES.lnk.to/banquet

31 Aug UK Bristol, Rough Trade, 3pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/RTbristol-3pm

31 Aug UK Bristol, Rough Trade, 7.30pm –  https://IDLES.lnk.to/RTbristol-730pm

03 Sep UK Portsmouth, Pie and Vinyl, 1pm –  https://IDLES.lnk.to/pieandvinyl

03 Sep UK Brighton, Komedia, 6.30pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/resident

04 Sep UK London, Rough Trade East, 7pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/RTeast

05 Sep UK Sheffield, Record Junkee, 1pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/recordjunkee

05 Sep UK Nottingham, Rough Trade, 7.30pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/RTnottingham

06 Sep UK Leeds, Crash Records, 1pm –  https://IDLES.lnk.to/crash

06 Sep UK Manchester, FOPP, 5.30pm

07 Sep UK Cardiff, Spiller Records, 7pm – https://IDLES.lnk.to/spillers

 “Samaritans”. A live favourite for sometime, the Theo Watkins directed music video compiles archival clips displaying traditional masculine imagery. The FADER writes: “”The mask of masculinity is a mask that’s wearing me,” sings front man Joe Talbot over the top of a tight and anxiety-laced guitar riff. It’s the third single… and one of their most confrontational songs to date.

Listen/watch here and feel free to share: https://idles.lnk.to/samaritans/youtube

Speaking of the song’s message, front man Joe Talbot says:

There’s been a long line of bullshit that has pushed men into a corner, where simple masking becomes a trope of masculinity and a catalyst for insanity. What we wear, what we eat, what razor we use, high performance chewing gum, go faster shampoo, how we treat women, how we treat ourselves, how we die. I truly believe that masculinity has gone from an evolution of cultural praxis to a disease. I wanted to encourage a conversation about gender roles by writing this song.”

“Samaritans” is the third song to be released from IDLES’s much-anticipated upcoming album “Joy As An Act Of Resistance.” Produced by Space and mixed by Adam Greenspan & Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kate Bush), The album takes aim at everything from nationalism and immigration to class inequality – all while maintaining a visceral, infectious positivity. Singer Joe Talbot summarises: “This album is an attempt to be vulnerable to our audience and to encourage vulnerability; a brave naked smile in this shitty new world. We have stripped back the songs and lyrics to our bare flesh to allow each other to breathe, to celebrate our differences, and act as an ode to communities and the individuals that forge them. Because without our community, we’d be nothing.”

Read Joe’s full statement on the album’s inspiration and origins here.

Watch the video for album opener “Colossus” 

This autumn, IDLES will embark on their first ever global tour, including their biggest London headliner yet at O2 Forum Kentish Town on 18th October. Their last London headliner, at Heaven, sold out nearly six months in front.

Tickets are on sale now HERE

Watch the video for pro-immigration anthem and current single “Danny Nedelko

‘Joy as an Act of Resistance.’

Out August 31st on Partisan Records

Pre-order

Tracklist:

1. Colossus

2. Never Fight a Man With a Perm

3. I’m Scum

4. Danny Nedelko

5. Love Song

6. June

7. Samaritans

8. Television

9. Great

10. Gram Rock

11. Cry To Me

12. Rottweiler

‘Tour of Joy’ 2018 dates:

11 Sept – Tokyo, JP – Daikanyama Unit

14 Sept – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall

15 Sept – Fort Wayne, IN Middle Waves Music Festival

16 Sept – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups

17 Sept – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace

18 Sept – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmont

20 Sept –  Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall

22 Sept – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg

24 Sept – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church

25 Sept – Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel

27 Sept – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade

28 Sept – Nashville, TN – The High Watt

29 Sept – St.  Louis, MO – Blueberry Hill Duck Room

01 Oct – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge

04 Oct – Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw Theatre

05 Oct – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge

06 Oct – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern

08 Oct – San Francisco, CA – The Independent

10 Oct – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom

16 Oct –  Bristol, UK – SWX

17 Oct – London, UK – Roundhouse *

18 Oct – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town

19 Oct – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz

20 Oct – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC

23 Oct – Newcastle, UK – Riverside

24 Oct – Leeds, UK – Leeds University Stylus

25 Oct – Nottingham, UK – Rock City

26 Oct – Birmingham, UK – Institute

27 Oct – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2

29 Oct – Oxford, UK –  O2 Academy

30 Oct – Lille, FR – L’Aeronef

01 Nov – Brussels, BE – Botanique

02 Nov – Leffinge, NL –  De Zwerver

03 Nov – Dusseldorf, DE – zakk

04 Nov – Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg

06 Nov – Groningen, NL – VERA

08 Nov – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen

09 Nov – Hamburg, DE – Knust

10 Nov – Leipzig, DE – UT Connewitz

11 Nov – Berlin, DE – SO36

13 Nov – Prague, CZ – Futurum

14 Nov –  Vienna, AT – Flex Cafe

16 Nov – Munich, DE – Ampere

17 Nov – St. Gallen, CH – Palace

18 Nov – Dudingen, CH – Bad Bonn

19 Nov – Zurich, CH – Mascotte

20 Nov – Lausanne, CH – Les Docks

22 Nov – Milan, IT – Circolo Magnolia

23 Nov – Lyon, FR – Epicerie Moderne

24 Nov – Bordeaux, FR – Rock School Barbey

26 Nov – Porto, PT – Hard Club

27 Nov – Lisbon, PT – Lisboa ao Vivo

29 Nov – Madrid, ES – Moby Dick

30 Nov – Barcelona, ES – Razzmatazz

01 Dec – Toulouse, FR – Connexion Live

* Q Awards show with Wolf Alice

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