Idlewild are a Scottish rock band formed in December 1995, by Roddy Woomble (vocals), Rod Jones (guitar), Phil Scanlon (bass), and Colin Newton (drums).
Initially their sound obeyed the conventions of 1990s British indie-punk guitar music, but unlike many of their contemporaries, it developed over time, from an edgy and angular sound approaching post-hardcore, as heard in their early material (once described by the NME as "the sound of a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs"), to a different, sweeping, melodic rock sound as displayed on their third album The Remote Part. Idlewild are a truly independent band, in that they do not fit into any specific scene, though their sound has clearly been influenced by bands like Blur, Nirvana, Gang Of Four, R.E.M., The Smiths and Fugazi.
Part of Idlewild's early success can be attributed to their singles gaining heavy rotation on Steve Lamacq's Evening Session on BBC Radio 1, as well as his all-round endorsement of them - the...
Created by dipity on Jan 24, 2008
Last updated: 11/01/09 at 05:57 PM
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Track listing: El CapitanWinter Is Blue
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Track listing: Love Steals Us From LonelinessWelcome HomeI Want a WarningAs If I Hadn't SleptToo Long AwakeNot Just Sometimes But AlwaysThe Space Between All ThingsEl CapitanBlame It on the Obvious WaysDisconnectedGoodnight / Too Long Awake (reprise)I Understand It
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Track listing: Love Steals Us From LonelinessHold on to Your Breath
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Track listing: You Held the World in Your ArmsA Modern Way of Letting GoAmerican EnglishI Never Wanted(I Am) What I Am NotLive in a Hiding PlaceOut of RoutineCentury After CenturyTell Me Ten WordsStay the SameIn Remote Part / Scottish Fiction
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Track listing: You Held the World in Your ArmsAll This InformationNo Generation
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Track listing: Little DiscourageThere's Glory in Your StoryRoseabilityForgot to FollowWhen the Ship Comes In
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Track listing: Little DiscourageI Don't Have the MapThese Wooden IdeasRoseabilityActually It's DarknessThe Bronze MedalQuiet CrownRustyLet Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)Listen to What You've GotIdea TrackMistake Pageant
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Track listing: RoseabilityRusty (Poor Solder Remix)Thousand
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Track listing: These Wooden IdeasThere's a Glory in Your StoryWhen the Ship Comes In
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Track listing: Little DiscourageA ToneBroken Windows
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Track listing: You've Lost Your WayA Film for the FuturePaint NothingWhen I Argue I See Shapes4 People Do GoodI'm Happy to Be Here TonightEveryone Says You're So FragileI'm a MessageYou Don't Have the HeartClose the DoorSafe and SoundLow Light
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Track listing: Everyone Says You're So FragileMince Showercap (part 2)
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Track listing: A Film for the FutureMince Showercap (Part 1)What Am I Going to Do?
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Track listing: Satan PolaroidHouse Alone
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Track listing: Self HealerCaptainLast Night I Missed All the FireworksSatan PolaroidYou Just Have to Be Who You AreAnnihilate Now!
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Track listing: ChandelierI Want to Be a Writer
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Track listing: Queen of the Troubled TeensFasterSelf Healer
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