Tangk
Studio album by
Released16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)
Length40:06
LabelPartisan
Producer
Idles chronology
Crawler
(2021)
Tangk
(2024)
Singles from Tangk
  1. "Dancer"
    Released: 18 October 2023
  2. "Grace"
    Released: 6 December 2023
  3. "Gift Horse"
    Released: 16 January 2024

Tangk is the upcoming fifth studio album by British rock band Idles, scheduled to be released on 16 February 2024 through Partisan Records. It was co-produced by Kenny Beats, Nigel Godrich and Idles member Mark Bowen.[1] It has been preceded by the singles "Dancer"[2], "Grace"[3] and "Gift Horse"[4].

Background

Vocalist Joe Talbot said that he "needed love" so he "made it. [He] gave love out to the world and it feels like magic. This is our album of gratitude and power. All love songs. All is love."[1] Talbot also explained that he wanted to "make people dance" and "feel the love that [he] need[s] in life", as well as wanting to make the music "infectious in a way that makes people feel, not think" and be "part of something electric again".[2] It was named Tangk for "the lashing way the band imagined the guitars sounding, that has grown into a sigil for living in love".[5]

The album was announced following the band's surprise show at the Village Underground in London on 17 October 2023.[6]

It will be supported by a world tour, which started on 1 December 2023 in Hong Kong, China, as a part of the Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival, and will end on 7 December 2024 at the O2 Apollo Manchester in Manchester, England.[7]

Track listing

Tangk track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Idea 01"3:38
2."Gift Horse"4:09
3."Pop Pop Pop"4:16
4."Roy"4:09
5."A Gospel"3:45
6."Dancer"3:09
7."Grace"3:53
8."Hall & Oates"2:23
9."Jungle"4:11
10."Gratitude"3:41
11."Monolith"2:52
Total length:40:06

Notes

  • "Idea 01" and "Pop Pop Pop" are stylized in all caps.

References

  1. 1 2 Minsker, Evan (18 October 2023). "Idles Announce New Album Tangk, Enlist LCD Soundsystem for New Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 Trendell, Andrew (16 October 2023). "Idles share 'Dancer' and tell us about "transgressive" new album Tangk". NME. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  3. DeVille, Chris (6 December 2023). "Idles - "Grace"". Stereogum. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. Pilley, Max (15 January 2024). "IDLES share raucous new single 'Gift Horse'". NME. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  5. Carter, Daisy (18 October 2023). "Idles announce news of fifth album Tangk". DIY. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  6. Carter, Emily (18 October 2023). "Idles announce fifth album Tangk, release new single featuring LCD Soundsystem". Kerrang!. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  7. Strauss, Matthew (29 November 2023). "Idles Add 2024 Tour Dates". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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