IDLES announce new album CRAWLER

One year after the release of Ultra Mono, IDLES have a new album on the way – with their fourth album, CRAWLER, set to be released on November 12, via Partisan Records.

The 14-track project was recorded at Real World Studios in Bath during the Covid-19 pandemic and co-produced by Kenny Beats (Vince Staples, Slowthai, Freddie Gibbs) and IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen.

To coincide with the announcement, IDLES have released the soulful first single, 'The Beachland Ballroom', named after the iconic Ohio venue.

“It’s the most important song on the album, really," Joe Talbot says of the track. "There's so many bands that go through the small rooms and dream of making it into the big rooms. Being able to write a soul tune like this made me go, fuck – we’re at a place where we're actually allowed to go to these big rooms and be creative and not just go through the motions and really appreciate what we’ve got. The song is sort of an allegory of feeling lost and getting through it. It's one that I really love singing.”

“I didn’t know Joe could sing like that," adds Bowen. "He’s been trying to write ‘Be My Baby’ since the very beginning, but he didn’t want to be the punk guy wearing the Motown clothes. He wanted it to feel natural, and this song is.”

On CRAWLER, the band are set to "bring to life vivid stories of trauma, addiction and recovery with their most soul-stirring music to date."

Take a look at the video for 'The Beachland Ballroom', directed by LOOSE, below:

CRAWLER tracklisting:
1. MTT 420 RR
2. The Wheel
3. When the Lights Come On
4. Car Crash
5. The New Sensation
6. Stockholm Syndrome
7. The Beachland Ballroom
8. Crawl!
9. Meds
10. Kelechi
11. Progress
12. Wizz
13. King Snake
14. The End

CRAWLER artwork:

IDLES play three nights in Vicar Street Dublin from January 24–26, 2022. Revisit our latest interview with Joe Talbot here.