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To be completely obsessed by the band Idles?

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GodDoesNotPlayDice · 06/09/2025 16:56

I only really discovered them this week, and I’m spending every spare minute I have watching their interviews and live performances. Can a band really change your life?

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DarlingHoldMyHand · 06/09/2025 17:49

I'm not a fan as I really don't like the singer's voice, but each to their own.

TheFutureIs · 06/09/2025 17:57

Also, the lead singers bedtime story on CBeebies is just the best

GodDoesNotPlayDice · 06/09/2025 18:07

@TheFutureIs

Really!! That’s when you know you’ve made it!

I’ve got to watch that…

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GodDoesNotPlayDice · 06/09/2025 18:10

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-xAcQLHKyCs

He IS the BEST!!

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FeliciaFancybottom · 06/09/2025 18:12

This is all a bit embarrassing OP, they're average at best.

SingingintheRadiator · 06/09/2025 18:13

I don’t think they’re any special - same stuff you’d have found on a cheap punk compilation CD back in the day - but of course, you’re not being unreasonable to love the em. I wish I could find a band to be obsessed with again, like I was when I discovered Nirvana as a teen!

GodDoesNotPlayDice · 06/09/2025 18:17

@FeliciaFancybottom

That’s what they said about Einstein and De Vinci at the time, and they were WRONG. I know genius when I feel it…

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Summerbay23 · 06/09/2025 18:26

GodDoesNotPlayDice · 06/09/2025 16:56

I only really discovered them this week, and I’m spending every spare minute I have watching their interviews and live performances. Can a band really change your life?

Love them. Seen them live 5 or 6 times and they are brilliant, so energetic, and bloody talented. I’m only sad that they play bigger venues now so less of an intimate feel than the earlier gigs I went too.

Summerbay23 · 06/09/2025 18:29

GodDoesNotPlayDice · 06/09/2025 17:40

I love Beachland Ballroom.

Bollabol · 06/09/2025 22:34

I'll be polite and say; I supposed the world would be a boring place if we all liked the same music.

I was also a massive Nirvana fan but don't get Idles at all.

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 07/09/2025 00:29

ExplodingCarrots · 06/09/2025 17:30

Future islands

I'm so glad I don't like Future Islands' music, I couldn't bear to watch Mr Crab Dance.

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