This song came about when I said the album needed a knife to cut through the macabre timbre of the album's arch as soon as I mentioned "knife," Bobo shat the riff out like he knew the album wanted it also. The lyrics came swift and it all wrote itself, so to speak. We knew we wanted to throw in a grandiose red herring that would contrast with our more regular bosh of garagey blabbersmash. We wrote the first crescendo part in about 10 minutes and fell in love. We wanted the first track to be cinematic and ominous, as a way of capturing the pressures of performance and grief. This song was written purposely as the opener to the album we always try and write records as an entity in itself with a brief. It's more than what the singer calls a "bosh of garagey blabbersmash": Joy As An Act Of Resistance is a thoughtful attempt at loving one's self while also understanding the importance of community and trust. In this Track By Track, Joe Talbot holds our hands and walks us through the sparks that transformed into song and prose. The stories on Joy As An Act Of Resistance are taken from real life: a humane look at immigration through singer Joe Talbot's friend Danny Nedelko the "importance of grieving parents' right to call themselves mothers and fathers" the "horrid corners" of Joe Talbot's past all the while celebrating human flaws and professing love with a deep urgency. Where most outlandish bands spit out lyrics as one-line headlines, IDLES are tellers of truthful tales. IDLES is the best 21st century punk-ish band I've heard. They're vulnerable and fearless, filled with love but in pain, thoughtful but prone to cathartic outbursts. Album cover for Joy As An Act Of Resistance by IDLES.
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