Idles‘ Joe Talbot is set to be the latest musical star to read for CBeebies’ Bedtime Stories.The frontman will read ‘Under the Love Umbrella’ written by Davina Bell and illustrated by Alison Colpoys, which follows four children as they navigate the world under their love umbrellas.He’s the latest star to read a bedtime story, joining musicians who have previously lent their voices including Dave Grohl, Dolly Parton, Harry Styles, Elton John and more.Talbot’s story will air today (February 20) at 6:50pm GMT on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer.“It’s an honour to announce that I am reading a CBeebies Bedtime Story,” said the artist in a statement. “I can NOT express how much I love reading to my kid so this was a welcome twist in an already beautiful career.
All love.”Idles released their latest album ‘Tangk‘ last week, which NME said in a four-star review was “the most open-hearted we’ve ever seen them”, adding: “The ambitious and mature fifth album has its hand on its heart and feet on the dancefloor, as the Bristol band prove that they’re so much more than punk.”Talbot spoke to NME ahead of the release about why he was interested in showing “the different facets of love that are not so conventional”, but are “very fucking important”, like “empathy, patience, honesty, communion, hard work, recovery, forgiveness”.“That’s what I wrote about.
I’m still there,” he explained. “I’m still going to need to go through it, and I’m still very much interested in writing about love forevermore.
I find it fascinating and empowering.”He added that being a father has taught time to “go through things with grace, be delicate and to celebrate the small beautiful things that you can overlook so easily if you’re impatient with the world, you miss.
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