Idles

And Bone at the time was like, you need something there.

And I was quite inspired by how Joe Talbot and Idles does vocals from what Bone was telling me.

and i said i have nothing but i don't want anything i want to just go in and just spit like whatever make a melody on the spot and that's the melody i want that to be the one and i did it and it's my favorite part of the album it's mad just because of the the pure like like spontaneous bit of it and the lyrics are very very personal but the melody i really enjoy the melody and it's only like one or two lines and then the song ends and Wow That was really interesting A lot of learning experience From how Bowen Taught Like Says a small little thing And they're like Okay I'll take it this way And it really worked well

Yeah, tell us about Idles and the connection to creating this album.

Like, how did that all come about?

It's funny because there's a podcast and I was listening to Idles.

There was Kenny Beats and Bowen and he was asked at the end of the podcast to give any advice to younger artists.

And he says one of his biggest things is when you're at a festival, whatever, go to your favourite artist and say hello.

It's fascinating.

And that collaboration with IDLES, too.

They're blurring genre lines, which is exciting.

Totally.

... arena do, right? Like, I've seen people talking about Kneecap a lot.

Like, you know, Idles, fucking Lambrini Girls.

Mm-hmm.

Which, okay, here will be my, my, uh-

I feel like it, I, I would think of a more, like, contemporary genre, like post-punk, right?

Yeah.

Idles doesn't have a lot of conventional structures in their songs.

Yeah.

The times that I get excited and I will, you know, scramble to buy tickets for a show are the sort of newer indie artists, basically.

Like, you know, there's Idles.

I love Idles.

They're a band from where I grew up in Bristol.

And I love sort of, who else is it? Fontaine's DC.

Who do you think is channeling that punk spirit today?

I think bands like Idles and Fontaines D.C. really capture that raw energy.

They've got something to say.

Totally, but it's also interesting to see how punk has evolved.

For sure.

Look at others like Lorde and IDLES, who joined the No Music for Genocide boycott.

It's becoming a movement.

Such an interesting dynamic.

but to say they do something-

... that's completely different.

Idles.

I really like Idles.

It's okay if you don't.

And that's what you... [laughs] And that's, like, something you really like, yeah.

They just hit it big with, like, one really good... not g- well, whatever, one really good success

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