Idlewild
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1995 – present)
1996’s Queen of the Troubled Teens was their debut, a self released 7” single that got praised by popular BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamaq. 1997 saw their next single “Chandelier”, which was released by Feirce Panda. 1998 saw the release of “Captain” (on Deceptive Records) a mini-album of chaotic punk, which, while achieving a significant fanbase among British teenagers, demonstrated little of the facets that would mark them out as such talented indie-rockers. Some of those were seen on that year’s full-length, “Hope Is Important”. Carrying a more subdued, top 20 hit single “When I Argue I See Shapes”, Idlewild started to make commercial and critical inroads. Jeremy Mills joined the band in 1999 (he left in 2002).
2000’s “100 Broken Windows” took this indie-punk sound and refined it, ballads like album closer “The Bronze Medal” were already a million miles from the nihilism and chaos of early tracks such as “Self Healer”. “Windows…” was a substantial success, charting inside the top 15, and drawing early comparisons to R.E.M’s angrier output - as both bands were declared fans of each other at the time, this is unsurprising.
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The Remote Part
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100 Broken Windows
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Hope Is Important
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Warnings/Promises
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You Held The World In Your Arms
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American English
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A Modern Way Of Letting Go
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Love Steals Us From Loneliness
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Live In A Hiding Place
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When I Argue I See Shapes
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No Emotion
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Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)
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El Capitan
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I Don't Have the Map
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With a worn out feeling
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My lack of sunlight
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Aberdeen Moshulu Setlist - 6/11/2009
7 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/idlewild
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