I loved the first Idlewild record.

[robw@iosdev.space]

I loved the first Idlewild record. It was like a Scottish interpretation of Husker Du or Rites of Spring’s melodic punk. Their later refinements into soft-rock/folk were great, but never worked for me in the same way.

Hope Is Important - Album by Idlewild | Spotify

Listen to Hope Is Important on Spotify · album · Idlewild · 1998 · 12 songs

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[robw@iosdev.space]

I’m reminded of a famous review of this record that described it as sounding like “a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs”.
I only saw them live once while they were in the middle of their exploration of traditional Scottish folk music, which was great, but not the Idlewild I had loved.

[nuthatch@infosec.exchange]

@RobW i’m going to have to nick that line. It’s brilliant.