Idlewild - "No Emotion" (2007)

I featured Idlewild in a previous post and I mentioned how they are one of the most overlooked and underrated bands from the UK. Hailing from Scotland, the band has recorded five excellent studio albums, the latest of which is Make Another World, released earlier this year. On this album Idlewild returns to a more guitar driven rock sound, leaving behind the folk tendencies found on 2005’s Warnings/Promises. This may be due to the fact that singer/songwriter Roddy Woomble’s recently released solo album My Secret Is My Silence was heavily folk influenced. Perhaps he got it all out on that record. In any event Make Another World is a far more rocking affair. “If It Takes You Home” is a fast paced two minute jam that recalls their hit “A Modern Way of Letting Go” from the 2002 album The Remote Part. Today’s song was the lead single and is probably the catchiest on the record. In fact it’s downright danceable. This song is also included on the new greatest hits album Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997-2007, which spans the band’s entire career and contains great cuts from all of their albums. Idlewild never disappoint and hopefully we’ll see another greatest hits record after ten more years of stellar albums.


Idlewild - "No Emotion"