Joy as an Act of Resistance.

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AlbumAug 31 / 201812 songs, 42m 29s
Post-Punk Post-Hardcore
Popular Highly Rated
6.8 / 10

The riffs come hard, fuzzy, and fast on the Bristol punks’ deeply passionate second album—and the platitudes follow close behind.

9 / 10

The fun punks’ second album is an instant classic, one that people will turn to in times of need for years to come

9 / 10

The Bristol band's second album is ferociously focused on the moment

Troye Sivan - Bloom

4 / 5

No hyperbole needed; IDLES are the most important band we have right now.

For all his gruff, ferocious delivery, frontman Joe Talbot is all about upending his own masculinity

Despite lacking the element of surprise, Idles' second album finds the band as vital as ever while simultaneously exploring darker and lighter hues; they have managed to follow up on Brutalism with a record that is not only more explosive but also doubles down on humor and genuine sentiment.

While Joy as an Act of Resistance might not flow perfectly as an album, many of its songs when taken on their own raise some serious hell.

9 / 10

Quashing any fears of a sophomore slump, Bristol punks IDLES have delivered what will ultimately be hailed as one of 2018's most vital recor...

IDLES have so much love to give that it’s coming out in a bone-crushing hug of noise.

9.0 / 10

With last year's Brutalism, Bristol, England's IDLES invited us into a world of sharply angled, wryly comic, remarkably humane rock.

9 / 10

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper once said “Just when you think you have all the answers, I CHANGE THE QUESTIONS!” Piper’s quote fits

8 / 10

If ‘Brutalism’ was a pub brawl, Idles' second album ‘Joy As An Act of Resistance’ is a reflective effort to break-up the fight, and talk things over.

9 / 10

With their stunning and critically lauded debut album Brutalism, Idles emerged as the punk band modern Britain has been waiting for.

8.0 / 10

'Joy as an Act of Resistance' by Idles, album review by Adam Williams. The full-length comes out on August 31st via Partisan Records.

On subjects from class demonisation to toxic masculinity and the death of a child, Idles’ blistering, incisive punk flies out of the traps

Album Reviews: Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance

Bristol five-piece tear toxic masculinity a new one in searing second album. Review by Javi Fedrick

8 / 10