Idles (stylised as IDLES) are a British-Irish rock band formed in Bristol in 2009. The band consists of Joe Talbot (vocals), Mark Bowen (guitar), Lee Kiernan (guitar), Adam Devonshire (bass) and Jon Beavis (drums). Their debut album, Brutalism, was released in 2017 to critical acclaim, as was their second album Joy as an Act of Resistance in 2018. Their third album, Ultra Mono, was released on 25 September 2020. The band released their fourth album, Crawler, on 12 November 2021.

The band's music has been associated with punk rock and related genres including post-punk, hardcore punk, and post-hardcore. Singer Joe Talbot, however, rejects the punk label. In 2017, he was quoted as saying: "We're not a post punk band. I guess we have that motorik, engine-like drive in the rhythm section that some post punk bands have but we have plenty of songs that aren't like that at all." At a 2018 concert in Manchester, he said: "for the last time, we're not a fucking punk band".

On 28 September 2021, shortly over a year after the release of Ultra Mono, the band released the single "The Beachland Ballroom". Coinciding with the announcement the band announced the release of their fourth studio album, Crawler, to be released later in the fall. Prior to the album's release, the second single, for "Car Crash" was released. The song was about Talbot's terrifying car accident in the past.

Crawler was released on 12 November 2021 through Partisan Records, and was met with critical acclaim. Matt Mitchell, writing for Paste, gave the album an 8.8 out of 10 saying that Crawler "is magnetic storytelling tempered with newfound patience". Damien Morris, of The Observer, called Crawler a "thrilling, glass-gargling introspection", giving the album a full five out of five stars.[35] Stuart Berman of Pitchfork gave Crawler a 7 out 10, the highest rating the band has received by the website. Berman said that "the Bristol band’s fourth album plays like the dark origin story for how Idles became the preeminent life coaches of modern post-punk."

After being unable to tour for Ultra Mono due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the two albums were promoted in a worldwide tour from late 2021 to late 2022. During the tour, the band released two music videos from Crawler. The first, "When the Lights Come On" premiered on 13 December 2021 with direction from the company, Holding Hands with Horses. On 8 February 2022, the music video for "Crawl!" was released. The video was a claymation video directed by LOOSE and Edie Lawrence.

In April 2022, the band will perform at Coachella Music and Arts Festival.

Song Lyrics:
So alive, some way up
So tired, some lay up
I a bleeder, oh, I yearn
High seer, so K up
Hold the phone, put the call in
Don't go, I'm falling
For a bore, appalling
I'm so, so foreign
"Goddamn, I'm feeling good!"
Said the liar to the congregation
And I know I'm not what I should
That's why I'm smashing my pretty face in
And yeah, I'm on my knees for porcelain
'Cause it felt like God to me
And yeah, I'm a fucking crawler
Crawling hurts, but it works for me
I'm alright! I'm alright!
I'm alright! I'm alright!
I'm feeling mani-fucking-fique
I'm feeling mani-fucking-fique
So pure, so heater
So sure, so beat up
So I, so way up
So far, seven seater
Oh no, I'm the sleeper
No go!, long teether
Blind fold, gold seeker
I'm told, old feeder
"Goddamn, I'm feeling good!"
Said the liar to thе congregation
And I know I'm not what I should
That's why I'm smashing my pretty face in
And yеah, I'm on my knees for porcelain
'Cause it felt like God to me
And yeah, I'm a fucking crawler
Crawling hurts, but it worked for me
I'm alright! I'm alright!
I'm alright! I'm alright! Woo!
I'm feeling mani-fucking-fique
I'm feeling mani-fucking-fique
I'm on the way
I know it looks bad but I cannot wait
I ride the wave
No rest for the lamb as he goes all day
I ride the wave
No rest for the lamb as he goes all day
I'm on the way
I know it looks bad but I cannot wait
I ride the wave
I ride the wave
And yeah, I'm on my knees for porcelain
'Cause it felt like God to me
And yeah, I'm a fucking crawler
Crawling hurts, but it worked for me
I'm alright!
I'm alright!
I'm alright!
I'm alright!
I'm feeling mani-fucking-fique
I'm feeling mani-fucking-fique
I'm feeling mani-fucking-fique

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