Tangk

Description

IDLES is back, with a fifth studio album! TANGK is the fifth album, righteous and vibrant, from the truth-seeking madmen IDLES. Pronounced "tank" with a hint of "g" — an onomatopoeic reference to how the band imagined the sound of their guitars, which has since become a motto for love life — the album is the group's most ambitious and striking work to date. While IDLES had set out to piss people off, to fiercely oppose the eternal powers that be, they have arrived to offer the fruits of such perseverance: love, joy, and gratitude for being alive. TANGK, co-produced by Nigel Godrich, Kenny Beats, and Mark Bowen, IDLES' guitarist, radiates a radical sense of defiance and empowerment. Despite his reputation as a fiery post-punk frontman, leader Joe Talbot sings these ten songs with passion, offering each lustful wish or plea for solidarity as a true pop song — that is, something everyone can circulate and share, community anthems meant to overcome our grievances. TANGK is an album of love, open to all who need to shout something out loud to push back the feeling of emptiness that overwhelms them, now or forever. TANGK will be released on February 16, 2024 via Partisan Records.