Idles: "We're shit and vulnerable and crap at a lot of things, but we are passionate about what we do"

The world can feel like a dark place. We're in the middle of what seems to be a constant global crisis. It's as if fear and suspicion could be found around every corner if we let it, and the more we dwell on it, the darker all it can seem. There are no easy answers, but for Idles, the response is deceptively straightforward: practising as they preach, the band are striving to better and brighten who they are and how they act - improving the world around them as a result. It's a feat they've long worked at achieving, one storming punk song at a time.

"We intended to be as honest and hardworking and normal as possible," frontman Joe Talbot portrays. True to form, Idles have never made any bones about who they are. A storm of culture, politics, attitude, humour, and resounding sentiment you can practically feel take root in your gut, this is a band who bare their heart on their sleeve, and ask only that you do the same.