Apart from their track about degrees, reggae and jobs (Well Done) the appeal of Idles somewhat passed me by. I always felt they ripped off The Ruts a bit. But this new single has a bit of a groove and swagger, and you have to like a video that pastiches the silly, macho strut of Saturday Night Fever. Joe and the boys are givin’ it some. The fact that James Murphy has collaborated with them here doesn’t hurt at all, either.
That dirty, insistent guitar line gets me every single time too, like a nagging Cramps or Blues Explosion riff. If you don’t want to move to this, there are people who can help. The new album is put next February, Joe Talbot reckons.
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