IDLES have returned with their brand new single “Mr. Motivator,” the first taste of their highly anticipated third album that will be released later this year via Partisan Records. It’s another pummeling rocker that features the amped up and hyper-aware social commentary from vocalist Joe Talbot. The instrumentation is fierce but the production allows each member a chance to shine. The song’s title and subject matter is one that is certainly timely and relevant – as you’d come to expect from these guys by now.
The track is a battering ram of positivity that’s also the first preview of their highly anticipated third LP due out later this year. The song doubles down on the (self-admitted) sloganeering and social commentary that’s become the band’s signature, yet here more than ever they’re able to take clichés and turn them into music that’s deeply complex and brutally relevant.
Beautifully poignant, IDLES have captured the spirit of humanity despite being in lockdown. The video for ‘Mr. Motivator’ is comprised of numerous home-made workout clips filmed by fans of the post-punk band. Frontman Joe Talbot had this to say about the song:
- “We want to start this journey with a means to not only encapsulate the album’s sentiment but to encourage our audience to dance like no one is watching and plough through these dark times with a two-tonne machete of a song and the most beautiful community of scumbags ever assembled. Let’s go. All is love.”
Idles followed up their acclaimed second album, “Joy as an Act of Resistance”, with 2019 single ‘Mercedes Marxist’ and its subsequent B-side ‘I Dream Guillotine’.
The single’s release features a brand new music video is self-directed and features fan-sourced exercise footage and the bandmembers themselves.
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