IDLES share raucous new single ‘Gift Horse’
nme.comRadiohead, The Smile, Beck), Kenny Beats (Denzel Curry, Vince Staples, Benee) and IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen. Pre-order the album here.The song is an aggressive, raucous rock track, driven by Bowen’s muscular, metallic riffs, with frontman Joe Talbot scowling “Look at him go” repeatedly over the chorus.Speaking about ‘Gift Horse’, IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has said: “Look at us go!
Music and movement for you and yours. Be bold and ride us like the disco donkeys we are.”The band have also announced details of three “out-store” UK shows to take place the week of the album’s release.
They will play at Pryzm in Kingston on February 15, Electric Brixton in London on February 16 and a hometown show at the Marble Factory in Bristol on February 17.
See here for ticket details.Back in October, the band returned with their new single ‘Dancer’, featuring James Murphy and Nancy Whang from LCD Soundsystem.At the time, they spoke to NME about how they wanted the album to turn out. “When I started this album, I said to Bowen: ‘I want to make people dance, I want people to feel the love that I need in my life, I want to make people move, I want our music to be infectious again – and I want it to be infectious in a way that makes people feel, not think.
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