Joy as an Act of Resistance

Joy as an Act of Resistance is the latest album from Bristol 5-piece IDLES (aka “the UK's best punk band" - The Guardian) and out via Partisan Records. Joy as an Act of Resistance takes aim at everything from toxic masculinity, nationalism, immigration, and class inequality - all while maintaining a visceral, infectious positivity. Singer Joe Talbot summarizes: “This album is an attempt to be vulnerable to our audience and to encourage vulnerability; a brave naked smile in this shitty new world. We have stripped back the songs and lyrics to our bare flesh to allow each other to breathe, to celebrate our differences, and act as an ode to communities and the individuals that forge them. Because without our community, we’d be nothing.”

Released: August 2018
Cat: PTKF2158-1
Label: Partisan Records