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IdlewildWarnings/Promises Parlophone/EMI Occasionally a favourite sporting team that you've loved so dearly for so, so long finally comes up trumps and wins the championship after being so close so many times. 'Warnings/Promises' is one of those golden moments. Idlewild have been releasing solid albums for many years now, but this time it's such a corker: this really is the album they've been threatening to make all along. The raw rock remains, the melodic hooks are even stronger, the lyrics cool and clever; honestly, 'Warnings/Promises' has got the whole package. If any band releases a better rock song than Too Long Awake this year I'll be keen to hear it: it rips along with a positively scorching lead guitar, driving bass riffs, all girded with a fat distorted guitar sound that would make the Jesus & Mary Chain jealous. El Capitan initially cruises along with a delicate sprinkling of keyboards and beatsy backing, but soon picks up with some seriously pounding drums (ala The Doves'There Goes The Fear). The only blight on the album is a slice of strings in Not Just Sometimes But Always, which is likely to feel either cloyingly sentimental or sweetly moving depending on what sort of mood you are in. Disconnected also sees Idlewild moving at a slower pace but this stirring song pulls you in lyrically; and then there are ample thumping rock songs like The Space Between All Things which simply can't be faulted. 'Warnings/Promises' displays an Idlewild who are unafraid to experiment and who are daring to stretch themselves musically. The killer rock songs are still here and they sound catchier than ever, but this album also sees a band mixing up the pace more than previously; and the results need to be heard.  |
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