{"id":2470741,"date":"2026-06-22T16:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2470741"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:16:18","slug":"idles-have-been-starting-their-shows-with-brutal-new-song-levitator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/idles-have-been-starting-their-shows-with-brutal-new-song-levitator\/","title":{"rendered":"IDLES have been starting their shows with brutal new song \u2018Levitator&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/idles\">IDLES<\/a> have been starting their recent live shows with a blistering new song, \u2018Levitator\u2019 \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The Bristol punks dropped their last full album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/idles-tangk-album-review-lyrics-3586056\">Tangk<\/a>\u2019 back in 2024 and have yet to release any new material since then, barring the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/caught-stealing-soundtrack-every-song-3887790\">score for Darren Aronofsky\u2019s crime thriller, <em>Caught Stealing<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, guitarist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/mark-bowen-talks-most-exciting-idles-album-on-the-way-and-liberating-experience-working-with-florence-the-machine-3946892\">Mark Bowen revealed to <em>NME<\/em> that the band were well underway with writing their \u201cmost exciting\u201d album yet<\/a>, and hinted that they were looking to go \u201cback to basics\u201d for album six.<\/p>\n<p>Now, since kicking off their summer tour dates, the band have shared the first taster of upcoming material \u2013 opening each show with brutal new song \u2018Levitator\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It feels so good when I levitate\/ When my body shakes all of its weight<\/em>,\u201d frontman Joe Talbot casually sings at the start of the track, backed by a simple, thumping guitar riff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>All my shame turns to dust\/ All her beauty to be loved without lust\/ All my worries turn to rust<\/em>,\u201d he continues, building towards a thunderous climax that sees him call out \u201c<em>racist c***s<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IDLES - live at Pinkpop 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qWhLKQtlFLA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IDLES | Levitator | live at Primavera Sound Porto, 13.06.2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z_YGXvl3iXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201c<em>Violence is majestic, coming from a righteous rage\/ violence is majestic when you\u2019re coming of age<\/em>,\u201d Talbot repeats at one part as the drums and guitar begin to amp up in intensity, leaning into a similar stripped-back, angsty sound like seen in debut album \u2018Brutalism\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>IDLES first played \u2018Levitator\u2019 live when they performed at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico on May 27 and 28, and have since played it at festivals including at Northside in Denmark, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/primavera-sound-barcelona-2026-review-3949573\">Primavera<\/a>, and Pinkpop.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet clear when the track will be released, but it seems likely that IDLES will play it live when they play at London\u2019s Victoria Park on Sunday August 23 as part of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/deftones-to-headline-londons-all-points-east-presents-outbreak-2026-3907333\">Deftones\u2019 day headlining All Points East x Outbreak<\/a>. Other artists on that bill include <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/amyl-and-the-sniffers\">Amyl &amp; The Sniffers<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/deafheaven\">Deafheaven <\/a>and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jpegmafia\">JPEGMAFIA<\/a>, and you can find any remaining tickets <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fidles-tickets%2Fartist%2F2135468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Mark Bowen spoke to <em>NME<\/em> about the upcoming IDLES album last month, he said that they were looking to \u201crecord it this year\u201d and expect to have it released in 2027.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It\u2019s confirmed, a new IDLES record is on the way \ud83d\udd25\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_QhozOgjNI8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is probably the most exciting IDLES album, just from a perspective of how excited we are about it,\u201d he told us on the Ivor Novello red carpet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got back in the studio to write, and we\u2019ve kinda gone \u2013 I don\u2019t want to say back to basics because that\u2019s cliche \u2013 but it\u2019s a bit back to basics!\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s five members in a room thrashing it out on instruments. Lots of arguments, [which is great because] if it\u2019s too nice, then it\u2019s not sick. It\u2019s always more sick if someone is not getting what they want!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowen was at the 2026 Ivors as he was nominated alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/florence-welch\">Florence Welch<\/a> for Best Song Musically and Lyrically with the title track to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/florence-and-the-machine\">Florence + The Machine\u2019s<\/a> latest album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/florence-and-the-machine-everybody-scream-review-3903901\">Everybody Scream<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/idles-interview-bristol-homecoming-kneecap-gaza-new-album-3879894\">Joe Talbot also spoke to <em>NME<\/em> about what fans can expect next from IDLES<\/a> last summer, when he opened up about their<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/idles-announce-homecoming-bristol-block-party-as-only-uk-gigs-of-2025-3809452\"> huge 2025 Bristol homecoming gigs<\/a> and how it felt like \u201cthe end of an era\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IDLES&amp;apos; Joe Talbot talks politics, showing love on &amp;apos;Tangk&amp;apos; and headlining Reading\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/scjYeq70mKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve recorded a bunch of songs,\u201d the frontman told us, adding that they were working on a \u201cmore driven\u201d new album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got like 10 songs and we\u2019re going to go back and do a bunch more. We\u2019re doing some other projects in between, but we\u2019re going to come back to the album later in the year and get it finished. We\u2019re recording with Kenny [Beats] and Nigel [Godrich] again. It\u2019s really magic, I can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/idles-joe-talbot-and-dad-nigel-launch-art-exhibition-musoleum-remembrance-of-remembering-3949216\">the singer and his dad Nigel have launched an art exhibition called \u2018Musoleum \u2013 Remembrance of Remembering\u2019<\/a>. Open until September, the gallery features various sculptures they each made, and is held at the Newport Museum and Art Gallery in South Wales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDLES have been starting their recent live shows with a blistering new song, \u2018Levitator\u2019 \u2013 check it out below. The Bristol punks dropped their last full album \u2018Tangk\u2019 back in 2024 and have yet to release any new material since then, barring the score for Darren Aronofsky\u2019s crime thriller, Caught Stealing. 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