Idles are a British-Irish post-punk band. Formed in Bristol in 2009, the band consists of Joe Talbot (vocals), Mark Bowen (guitar), Lee Kiernan (guitar), Adam Devonshire (bass) and Jon Beavis (drums). The band released five extended plays before they released their debut album, Brutalism in 2017. Brutalism was met to critical acclaim, as was their second, third and fourth studio albums, Joy as an Act of Resistance in 2018, Ultra Mono in 2020, and Crawler in 2021. The band's fifth studio album, Tangk, was released on 16 February 2024.
Albums Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications UK BEL(FL) BEL(WA) FRA GER IRL NLD POR SCO SWIUS Brutalism Released: 10 March 2017 Label: Balley, Partisan Format: CD, LP, digital download, online streaming 65 — — — — — — — — — — UK: 65,983 BPI: Silver Joy as an Act of Resistance Released: 31 August 2018 Label: Partisan Format: CD, LP, digital download, online streaming 5 20 81 74 49 56 108 — 6 49 — UK: 98,441 BPI: Gold Ultra Mono Released: 25 September 2020 Label: Partisan Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, online streaming 1 8 15 44 14 3 18 12 1 21 54 UK: 58,503 US: 13,000 BPI: Silver Crawler Released: 12 November 2021 Label: Partisan Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, online streaming 6 15 29 68 15 29 43 — 8 65 — UK: 41,099 Tangk Released: 16 February 2024 Label: Partisan Format: CD, LP, digital download, online streaming 1 2 11 22 2 7 13 20 1 8 132 UK: 20,230 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums Title Details Peak chart positions UK BEL(WA) SCOPeak chart positions in Scotland: Joy as an Act of Resistance: A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live at le Bataclan: Ultra Mono: Crawler: USHeat A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live at le Bataclan Released: 6 December 2019 Label: Partisan 59 182 36 17 Live at Ramsgate Music Hall Released: 24 April 2020 Label: Self-released — — — —
Extended plays
Title Details IdlesReleased: 28 May 2011 Label: Self-released Formats: CD WelcomeReleased: 4 August 2012 Label: Fear of Fiction Formats: Digital, CD, LP MeatReleased: 30 October 2015 Label: Balley Formats: Digital, CD, LP MetaReleased: 2016 Label: Balley Formats: Digital, CD, LP Meat / MetaReleased: 13 August 2019 Label: Balley Formats: Digital, CD, LP Live @ Glastonbury Released: 29 Nov 2024 Label: Partisan Records/BBC Formats: vinyl
Demos Title Details Meat // AnguishReleased: 2016 Label: Harmacy Formats: Cassette
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album UKSales UKIndie UKPhys. UKVinyl BEL(FL)Tip SCOPeaks in Scotland: "Queens": "Mercedes Marxist": "Queens"2014 21 — 1 1 — 43Meat"Divide & Conquer"2016 — — — — — —Brutalism"Well Done" — — — — — —"Stendhal Syndrome"2017 — — — — — —"Mother" — — — — — —"Colossus"2018 — — — — — —Joy as an Act of Resistance"Danny Nedelko" — — 3 3 — —"Samaritans" — — — — — —"Great" — — — — — —"Never Fight a Man with a Perm" 2019 — — — — — —"Mercedes Marxist" 49 — 2 2 — 82 rowspan="2" "I Dream Guillotine" — — — — — —"Mr. Motivator"2020 — — — — 46 —Ultra Mono"Grounds" — — — — — —"A Hymn" — — — — — —"Model Village" 16 — 4 3 45 —"War" — 47 — — — —"Reigns"2020 — — — — — —"Peace Signs"2021 — — — — — —Epic Ten"Damaged Goods" — — — — — —The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill & Gang of Four"Sodium" — — — — — —Dark Knights: Death Metal Soundtrack"The God That Failed" — — — — — —The Metallica Blacklist"The Beachland Ballroom" — — — — — —Crawler"Car Crash" — — — — — —"Crawl!"2022 — — — — — —"Dancer"2023 — — — — — —Tangk"Grace" — — — — — —"Gift Horse"2024 — — — — — — "—" denotes release did not chart.
Remixes Title Year Artist "Wedding Bells" 2019 Metronomy "It Is What It Is" Melt Yourself Down "Switching On" 2020 LIFE "The Passover" Sex Swing "Midnight Flit" 2021 Mogwai "POGO" Organek "Pay Your Way in Pain" St. Vincent "Talking to Ourselves" 2022 Rise Against "Heat" Whispering Sons "Negativland" NEU! "Heaven Is Here" Florence and the Machine
Music videos Song Year Director(s) "Thieves" 2011Felix Drake "26/27"2012Felix Drake and Celia Arias "Germany"Jean-Paul Gibbs "Meydei"Felix Drake "Two Tone"Felix Drake "The Idles Chant"2014The Monks "Queens"2015Joe Talbot "Romantic Gestures"Joe Talbot "Well Done"2016Mario Mangata "Divide & Conquer"Joseph Talbot "Stendhal Syndrome"2017Lee Kiernan "Mother"Joe Talbot "Colossus"2018Will Hooper "Danny Nedelko"Lee Kiernan "Samaritans"Theo Watkins "Great"Theo Watkins "Never Fight a Man with a Perm"2019Al Brown"Mercedes Marxist"Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern of ThirtyTwo "Mr. Motivator"2020Joe Talbot "Grounds"Rob French "A Hymn"Ryan Gander "Model Village"Michel and Oliver Gondry "War"Will Dohrn "Kill Them With Kindness"James Carbutt "Reigns"2021Theo Watkins "The Beachland Ballroom"LOOSE "Car Crash"Lee Kiernan "When the Lights Comes On"Lee Kiernan HHWH "Crawl!"2022Eddie Lawrence "Dancer"2023Jocelyn Anquetil "Gift Horse"2024David Helman "Grace"Jonathan Irwin
Guest features "Wish" (from the Anna Calvi album, Hunted) "None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive" (from The Streets mixtape, None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive) "The God of Lying" (from the Gorillaz album, The Mountain)
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References
External links Official website
Idles discography at Allmusic