CRAWLER

by IDLES

CRAWLER cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 November 2021
  • Label: Partisan
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 46:36
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 19 ratings

Artists on this release: Mark Bowen, Colin Webster, Kenny Beats, Charlotte Nicholls

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recruiting hip-hop producer Kenny Beats to co-produce, the Bristol post-punk quintet significantly expanded their sonic palette towards darker, more industrial and electronic textures. Thematically, frontman Joe Talbot confronts his harrowing past with severe substance abuse and near-fatal trauma, departing slightly from the broad political sloganeering of their prior work. The result is a brooding, intense, and emotionally exhausting triumph.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, abrasive, confrontational, confessional, relentless, distorted, atmospheric, harsh-vocals, dynamic, spacious, rhythmic, guitars, political

Tracklist

  1. MTT 420 RR (5:30)
  2. The Wheel (3:25)
  3. When the Lights Come On (3:11)
  4. Car Crash (3:53)
  5. The New Sensation (4:13)
  6. Stockholm Syndrome (3:02)
  7. The Beachland Ballroom (4:00)
  8. Crawl! (4:20)
  9. Meds (3:56)
  10. Kelechi (0:30)
  11. Progress (3:46)
  12. Wizz (0:30)
  13. King Snake (2:54)
  14. The End (3:18)

Credits

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