IDLES Joy as an Act of Resistance
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butcherboy
September 6th 2018


9464 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

nothing these guys say is wrong, but it’s all so fucking banal, not to mention sounding like it’s coming off the lips of vicarious sufferers..

luci
September 6th 2018


12844 Comments


the mask of masculinity... so thought-provoking

Tunaboy45
September 6th 2018


18939 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Samaritans in particular is definitely going for more of a shotgun blast approach- forceful and scattershot. They're throwing loads of empty 'be a real man' platitudes at the listener and the message is pretty clear.

luci
September 6th 2018


12844 Comments


that's my fav, it's effective like you described. problem with this record is that for a politically/socially conscious one there's nothing that makes me reconsider

ramon.
September 6th 2018


4204 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I find the politics dumb but I still love the lyrics

Similarly, I’m not pro-raping the corpses of pregnant women but there are some slam bands who can turn the formula into something entertaining

Flugmorph
September 6th 2018


35411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

melon finna reviewed it

Pheromone
September 6th 2018


21850 Comments


this GROWS AND IT GROWS AND IT GROWS



anat
September 6th 2018


5852 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

there’s not an awful lot of prose to the lyrics but the delivery is fun as hell

Pheromone
September 6th 2018


21850 Comments


the lyrics on June feel sorta cheap though; 'baby shoes for sale: never worn' for example, not the most original writing

instrumentally gorgeous tho

anat
September 6th 2018


5852 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

yeah and that’s made worse by the repetition, it insists upon itself, weakest track for me. but I love the delivery of “you’re not suave cos you watch get cartah, you are a catalogue” and “this snowflake’s an avalanche” and the whole of danny nedelko. could drop to a 4 at worst for me

Pheromone
September 6th 2018


21850 Comments


yeah, there's a lotta really loveable delivery's on this one. even on some of the songs that didn't grip me too much to start with, there were particular lines which pushed them up a notch of appreciation e.g. 'you're like a gun or a knife, be my wife'

think this could be maybe possibly perhaps better than brutalism, if not just because of the increased variety throughout - mybe a 4

zakalwe
September 6th 2018


41931 Comments


My wife can be like a knife, wish I had a gun.

rabidfish
September 6th 2018


8997 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

'Similarly, I’m not pro-raping the corpses of pregnant women but there are some slam bands who can turn the formula into something entertaining '



u'know what i got something to say to all those slam bands out there:



Hey, slam bands! stop stealing my moves!

Veldin
September 6th 2018


5874 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"the lyrics on June feel sorta cheap though; 'baby shoes for sale: never worn' for example, not the most original writing"

Not the most original writing indeed, because it's a reference to Hemingway and flash fiction. The song is about an incredibly dark, painful subject, so I think the minimal, repetitive lyrics are fitting. This album has touches of Swans and Nick Cave styling, but especially Sleaford Mods, especially with the politics.



neekafat
Emeritus
September 6th 2018


26926 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

butcher this seems right up your alley, no wonder you don't like it

Flugmorph
September 6th 2018


35411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

oof

butcherboy
September 6th 2018


9464 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

cheeky neeka is my favourite neeka..





I often dream of having a naive npr host yell at me over garden variety punk music..

butcherboy
September 6th 2018


9464 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

cheeky neeka is my favourite neeka..



I often dream of having a naive npr host yell at me over garden variety punk music..

Tunaboy45
September 6th 2018


18939 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

wasn't gonna check this but melon gave it a 9, wow it's so good thanks melon! xD

Pheromone
September 6th 2018


21850 Comments


That dude loves a track by track



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