{"product_id":"idlewild","title":"Idlewild","description":"\u003cp\u003eImmediately, there is the sense of a band in motion, their storied past not an anchor but a spur. Idlewild's songs offer a string of compelling answers: \"Everything adds up to the present moment, doesn't it?\" Woomble asks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIdlewild have been a lot of different things. They were a teenage punk band, slinging buzzsaw riffs and barbed refrains, before becoming one of the most compelling mainstream rock groups of their generation. With 2019's Interview Music, they made sprawling art-pop. On Idlewild, they welcome each of these past selves into the room.\u003cbr\u003eWork on a follow-up to Interview Music was initially planned to begin immediately after the band wrapped up touring, but the pandemic put things into a skid. Touring the 20th anniversary of \u003cem\u003eThe Remote Part\u003c\/em\u003e in 2022 was a visceral reminder of where they'd been and a prompt for what might come next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey assembled songs that celebrated pop hooks and livewire distortion, as well as expressive interplay. Writing continued at Post Electric Studio in Edinburgh and the Isle of Iona Library, before a short, sharp burst of recording in early 2025.\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a lean, focused document -- 10 tracks that get in and out in 30 minutes and change. With Jones engineering and mixing, the production reflects a collaborative, in-house approach. \"We were referencing ourselves... realising that we had a 'sound',\" Woomble says. Facing forward, not back, Idlewild captures beauty, nuance, and clarity from three decades of sound and feeling -- spontaneous, purposeful, and unmistakably them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"V2 Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Cool Blue","offer_id":52902109184331,"sku":"R3097-6863","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":52902109217099,"sku":"R3097-2640","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52902109249867,"sku":"R3097-2567","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/185e7071-5018-537c-2332-bda7d68e6ef1.jpg?v=1752593049","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/idlewild","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}