Idlewild 'Make Another World' in Album Form

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As previously reported, the always underrated Idlewild are gearing up to release their follow-up to 2005's Warning/Promises in late February. The album, entitled Make Another World, is a mix of Idlewild's earlier youthful and roughed-up rock with their latter plunge into high-gloss production. Singer Roddy Woomble's ever-literary and poetic lyrics are at their best here interweaving in, out and around Rod Jones' guitar and arsenal of pedals. The band blends it's influences of late 80's and early 90's indie rock , shoegaze, and folk with the odd disco beat thrown in here and there ("No Emotion") for the kids. Though it appears the band are making strides to update their sound with songs like "No Emotion" and "In Competition For The Worst Time", Woomble strays little in his phrasing and careful singing-style that he perfected on 2002's The Remote Part, giving each song the "Idlewild" stamp. Make Another Wolrd plays best during it's quieter mid-period R.E.M. moments, such as the slow build of "Future Works" where the listener is treated to a french horn solo amidst martial drumming and a clean quietly-strummed guitar. "You and I Are Both Away" works in the same manner when Jones creates a washy atmosphere for Woomble's lyrics to hit home, just before the band kicks in big. Idlewild Trueheads will most likely be pleased by tracks like the first single "If It Takes You Home" and "Everything (As It Moves)" which would not have sounded out of place on 2000's 100 Broken Windows. However, the tracks on the album seem only a mere "good" once the track counter hits 9, where Idlewild acheive one of their greatest moments with the Neil Young & Crazy Horse-inspired "Once in Your Life". Woomble emotes the existenstial anguish of "life waiting over the hill" and the usually restraint Jones lets fly a long and uplifting solo. Idlewild would do well to continue writing in such a classic fashion, they excel at it.

Fans will be able to judge for themselves when the album is released in the UK (as always with Idlewild releases, no solid U.S. date) on February 26th. Idlewild will embark on a tour beginnnig in March.

Dates Announced, so far:

12th - Newcastle University
13th - Manchester Academy
14th - Norwich UEA
16th - Wolverhampton Wulfrun
17th - Oxford Brookes University
18th - Leeds Met University
19th - Aberdeen Music Hall
20th - Perth Concert Hall
22nd - Northampton Roadmender
23rd - London Hammersmith Palais
24th - Bristol Carling Academy


Recommended Viewing:
"If It Takes You Home" video, the first single from Make Another World

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