‘Joy as an Act of Resistance.’ is the follow up to Bristol, UK 5-piece IDLES's debut album ‘Brutalism’, self-released last year.
Produced by Space and mixed by Adam Greenspan & Nick Launay (Nick Cave,
Kate Bush, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Joy as an Act of Resistance. takes aim at
everything from toxic masculinity, nationalism, immigration, and class
inequality – all while
maintaining a visceral, infectious positivity. Singer Joe summarizes: “This
album is an attempt to be vulnerable to our audience and to encourage
vulnerability; a brave naked smile in this shitty new world. We have stripped
back the songs and lyrics to our
bare flesh to allow each other to breathe, to celebrate our differences, and act
as an ode to communities and the individuals that forge them. Because without
our community, we’d be nothing.”