Idlewild

Interview Music

Man, I'm only six songs in, and I'm close to giving up on this. So far, these tracks aren't grabbing my attention at all. The band sounds tired, and the melodies are weak. Idlewild is capable of writing really good songs. What happened? I'll report back ...

Two tracks later: One problem is that Roddy Woomble is trying to fit in too many damn lyrics, and it's getting in the way of the melodies. The song Same Things Twice has a salvageable bit of melody when he says "doing the same things ... read more