Just after Valentine’s Day, bellowing Bristol rockers Idles are releasing an album about love. This is a somewhat unusual development, considering that the quintet’s debut was titled Brutalism and their most popular song on streaming services is called Never Fight a Man With a Perm.
They have often tempered their guitar fury with humour, and although frontman Joe Talbot does have a reputation as a sensitive type, his arrival for this fifth album metaphorically clutching a bunch of roses and a teddy bear is definitely a new look.
