Looking back without being nostalgic is what Idlewild does in their new album

Scottish alternative rock band Idlewild, returns with their tenth, self-titled, studio album. Six years since the release of ‘Interview Music’, they’re back with ten new songs, written throughout 2024 in Post Electric Studios in Edinburgh and the Isle of Iona Library in the Hebrides.

Idlewild have been a lot of different things. They started as a teenage punk band and with ‘The Remote Part’ they became one of the most compelling mainstream rock groups of their generation. Their break in 2010 allowed them to branch out along fresh creative avenues, from solo albums to production work for other bands. On ‘Idlewild’ they welcome each of these past selves into the room.

“We’re looking back without being nostalgic, we were thinking about all the songs we’d made ant the new songs we were making. For the first time we were referencing ourselves, not in a nostalgic way, in a positive, creative way, realising that we had a ‘sound’ and the songs we were writing should celebrate that. After it was all recorded and done, it felt fitting to simply title it Idlewild.” says vocalist Roddy Woomble.

The plan was to go straight into recording another album after finishing the tour for their previous album ‘Interview Music’. Things went a little different, but now their finally back with new music.