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Idlewild were the "next big thing" of the month for a few weeks in 1998,
but, in reality, were professional epigons of R.E.M.
The band, formed in Scotland by guitarist Rob Jones and singer Roddy Woomble,
debuted with the usual sequence of singles, and EPs:
Queen Of The Troubled Teens (1997),
Chandelier (Fierce Panda, 1997),
the mini-album Captain (Deceptive, 1997),
A Film For The Future (Capitol, 1998),
Everyone Says You're So Fragile,
I'm The Message.
To the British press it was yet another "next big thing", but to everybody else
they were simply teenagers with an Husker Du
fixation, and their melodic hardcore was not all that original, although
occasionally it was indeed brilliant.
Hope Is Important (Capitol, 1999),
that packed 12 songs in just under 36 minutes,
was not a revelation, and certainly not a revolution,
but it did feature a punk-pop gem like
When I Argue I See Shapes and a few captivating ditties
(You'Ve Lost Your Way, You Don't Have The Heart,
I'm Happy To Be Here Tonight, Paint Nothing).
The singles Little Discourage (1999), one of their catchiest songs, and
Actually It's Darkness (2000) proved that it had been no
accident, and at least three songs on the
album 100 Broken Windows (Food, 2000),
These Wooden Ideas, Roseability and
I Don't Have The Map, confirmed their talent.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Giorgio Greto)
Gli Idlewild sono stati l'ennesimo "astro nascente" della musica inglese per qualche settimana nel 1998.IL gruppo scozzese, formato dal chitarrista Rob Jones e dal cantante Roddy Woomble, esordi' con la consueta trafila di singoli ed EP:"Queen Of The Troubled Teens"(1997),"Chandelier"(Fierce Panda,1997),il mini-album "Captain"(Deceptive,1997),"A Film For The Future"(Capitol,1998),"Everyone Says You're So Fragile","I'm The Message".Per la stampa inglese si tratt• di un'altro "astro nascente",ma per tutti gli altri gli Idlewild non erano che semplici ragazzi con il pallino degli "Husker Du",e il loro hardcore melodico non aveva molto di originale,sebbene avesse senza dubbio qualche spunto brillante.
"Hope Is Important"(Capitol,1999),con 12 canzoni concentrate in poco meno di 36 minuti,non fu una rivelazione,ne tantomeno una rivoluzione,ma conteneva una perla di punk-pop come "When I Argue I See Shapes" e qualche motivetto accattivante ("You'Ve Lost Your Way","You Don't Have The Heart","I'm Happy To Be Here Tonight","Paint Nothing").
I singoli "Little Discourage"(1999) e "Actually It's Darkness"(2000) quasi provarono che gli Idlewild furono un mero accidente,ma per lo meno 3 canzoni dell'album "100 Broken Windows"(Food,2000),"These Wooden Ideas","Roseability" e "I Don't Have The Map",ribadiscono il loro talento.
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