Idlewild
Post Electric Blues

Far removed from its early days of prime R.E.M. and Pavement-like melodicism mixed with loud, Nirvana and Fugazi-inspired rock, Scotland’s Idlewild is...

It’s fascinating to hear an outfit once described with pinpoint accuracy as “the sound of a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs” arrive a...

The fact that, just over ten years into their recording career, Idlewild have launched their sixth full-length album as a free, fansite-only release m...

As the album opens with “Younger Than America”, you instantly notice this is truly & recognisably Idlewild, a vicariously riffed tune, and one tha...

Having gone either/or with their folk albums and rock ones in the last few years, they learn how to mix them both.Though it specialises in broad roman...

After being unceremoniously dropped by their label, 'Sanctuary' as the credit crunch claimed them as another music industry victim, Idlewild were in a...

The Idlewild album is an affable effort that demonstrates that some music styles still have plenty to say.This is strictly Americana middle territory ...

Idlewild's Post-Electric Blues is a sweeping, large-scale record, packed with big, fist-pumping barnburners that would sound at home on either a large...

A truly welcome return for a band that for many still evokes great memories, 'Post Electric Blues' finds Idlewild creating an album that stands up to ...

Roddy Woomble's various side-projects, along with the diminishing returns of the group's last few albums, led to rumours that Idlewild were on the v...