Capturing an angst and disillusioned fury provoked by years of recession and
austerity, the Bristol punk rock act Idles introduced themselves as a fireball
of snarling, agitated, post-punk rage with the quintet's debut album, Brutalism,
in 2017. Frontman Joe Talbot and bass player Adam Devonshire met at the
University of the West of England and formed the band in 2012, having become fed
up with the wave of indie acts plaguing the UK music scene at the time. With
drummer Jon Beavis and guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan completing the
lineup, Idles released the early EPs Meat a...