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With new members Luciano Rossi and Andrew Mitchell on board, Roddy Woomble, guitarist Rod Jones and drummer Colin Newton felt a renewed sense of purpose. So much so that the week that \u003ci\u003eEverything Ever Written\u003c\/i\u003e was released, they were already back at the drawing board to start work on what would become the bold step sidewards, album \u003ci\u003eInterview Music\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired, they later decamped at the end at the end of a US tour in 2016 to Los Angeles to flesh out their ideas, but it would be some years before they set themselves up at Jones’ own Edinburgh studio to finish the record. Before finishing the album, the band performed a run of shows to celebrate the anniversary for their seminal record \u003ci\u003eThe Remote Part\u003c\/i\u003e. One of those shows would see them meet up once again with the producer of that record and \u003ci\u003e100 Broken Windows\u003c\/i\u003e, Dave Eringa, who would provide Idlewild with the grounding they needed to finish Interview Music. “Dave produced five songs on the album, but also brought a focus back to the band, and actually made us finish it!” admits Woomble “He made it sound like us,” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is no more apparent than on opener \u003ci\u003eDream Variations\u003c\/i\u003e; with its echoing, fever-dream melody, chiming fizzing riff, and vocal harmonies, before taking a surprise left-turn and drifting into a waltz-like trance. 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Produced by the band's guitarist Rod Jones and mixed by John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.) whom they collaborated with on their 2002 release 'The Remote Part' and augmented by new members Luciano Rossi (piano, organ and vocals) and Andrew Mitchell (bass, guitar and vocals), 'Everything Ever Written' is Idlewild's most eclectic output to date.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471085867339,"sku":"385110","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3adc17f5-fb3a-47a4-8103-187487c766a8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727390806"},{"product_id":"captain-national-album-day-2023","title":"Captain (National Album Day 2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe six-track release is the band in their early raw form. 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