We have stripped back the songs and lyrics to our bare flesh to allow each other to breathe, to celebrate our differences, and act as an ode to communities and the individuals that forge them. Singer Joe summarizes: “This album is an attempt to be vulnerable to our audience and to encourage vulnerability a brave naked smile in this shitty new world. takes aim at everything from toxic masculinity, nationalism, immigration, and class inequality - all while maintaining a visceral, infectious positivity. Produced by Space and mixed by Adam Greenspan & Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Kate Bush, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Joy as an Act of Resistance.

is the follow up to Bristol, UK 5-piece IDLES's debut album Brutalism, self-released last year. It is a parade of joy in the face of all we don’t want and all we fear. It is a parade of what I truly miss and what I truly have. It is our best, for now.īut with a tonne of glitter and violence. It’s the beautiful smell of immigrant food. It’s the parade of being carried through the grim dark. It is a parade of naivety, of a warm embrace, it is Young Thug’s dress. It’s a parade of my Grandfather’s wit, it is all the shit haircuts I’ve ever had. It’s a parade of laughing at the funeral, of listening to the bastards, of phlegm on the mirror. →Interchangeable album artwork: 8 double-sided inserts, featuring 16 original art prints from the Joy as an Act of Resistance Exhibition

is available on CD, limited edition pink vinyl LP, standard black LP and deluxe LP. It is a parade of joy in the face of all we don't want and all we fear. It is a parade without fluff but with a tonne of glitter and violence. It is Ilia Nasties It's a parade of being at your worst.

It's the beautiful smell of immigrant food. It's the parade of being carried through the grim dark. It is a parade of naivety, of a warm embrace, it is Young Thug's dress. It's a parade of my Grandfather's wit, it is all the shit haircuts I've ever had. It's a parade of laughing at the funeral, of listening to the bastards, of phlegm on the mirror. 'Joy as An Act of Resistance' is a parade. THE BRIEF – from Joe Talbot (singer of IDLES): Produced by Space, 'Joy As An Act Of Resistance' is the follow-up to 2017's 'Brutalism' Bristol five-piece Idles release their new album entitled 'Joy as an Act of Resistance!'

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