I became a fan of this band when I listened to their album The Remote Part a few years ago. I fell in love with a few of its tracks, but for some reason never dug deeper into the band and its other releases. Only recently did I decide to check our their other albums, and if you like this one, make sure to check out their other music as well.

If you do listen to their albums chronologically, it is easy to hear the band’s progression from angry punk to melodic rock through the years. It’s hard to skip any tracks on this album as it’s solid throughout, but you can find my favorite tracks below. Enjoy.

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top 3 tracks: [As If I Hadn't Slept] [Not Just Sometimes But Always] [Blame It on Obvious Ways]

excerpt from last.fm: Idlewild started out at a flat party in Edinburgh in 1995 where founding band members met and found common ground in musical tastes. The starting line up was Roddy Woomble, Rod Jones, Colin Newton and Phil Scanlon. Scanlon was soon replaced by Bob Fairfoull. Appearing in 1996 as an angry band of Scottish punks with Woomble of Carnoustie leading the band, Idlewild eventually achieved commercial recognition by refining their taste for large-scale guitar rock, and combining it with an apparently unknown gift for melody and tenderness.

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