Same with me.

I'm not sure what I should read into Roddy saying it's the most instant track on the album.

Ditto. The more i hear it the more i like it, although i could really do without those harmonies on the intro.

I haven't heard this yet but I could tell from the remote part that they were going in a stadium direction and I don't like it much.

Hope is Important.

Yeah, I'm a retard ... I didn't realise that that was already picked up on in the article.

Agreed; as much as I loved 'Captain' and 'Hope is Important', evolution is important in order for a band to stay afloat. If Idlewild had kept releasing 'Hope is Important' clones, they would have received criticism for stagnating. 'Love Steals Us from Loneliness' is as good a single as 'When I Argue I See Shapes' or 'Roseability'... it's just different. I guess I'm just not plugged into the UK rock scene's idiolect enough - I didn't realise change was synonymous with decay.
Besides, I found '100 Broken Windows' to be far more "MOR" than 'The Remote Part'.

sorry, but its utter shite

Tommy Tommy Tommy.....
Idlewild have been going for almost 10 years now. Do they have to stay the same as they did when they started?
No , they are growing old as people AND as a band and peoples tastes and styles change. I think it is a natural progression and they are proud of the album they have made and Roddy says at last they are the band they have always wanted to sound like (he said that in The List). So quit moaning about the Good Old Days - those days were excellent at the time but they are gone.

The new album is a bit more laid back but there is still some good rawk! on there too. The new single and the new album are definately growers. I honestly think that this could turn out to be my favourite Idlewild album.
My only beef is with the lyrics - Roddy is far more personal on this album than ever before which gets a + but he gets a - for some pretty pish lines. As someone said before, there are a few "oppportunity without an opportunity" moments.
The harmonies are glorious throughout the whole album.
My favourite song is called Too Long Awake which ROCKS then appears later on (if you leave the cd running) as an extra track but done acoustic. It is mind blowing!


PS I'll give you credit - Woombles hair is shocking but not as shocking as Rod's!!!
PPS Bob Fairfoull - what is so cool about someone pissing their life away against a toilet wall and being unable to play the right songs at gigs? Bob was a liability and was holding the band back. You associate him with the louder/rockier part of the Idlewild story but he had nothing to do with the songs. He got told what to play and he played it (if he wasn't pissed out of his face).
He seemed like a sweet guy but a legend is going to far.
If he was still in the band then I think they would still be going down the route they are going.

I recommend you get the album Tommy - it is really good.