“Ultra Mono is Idles' most sonically and thematically focused album so far, occasionally to a slight fault.”
“The Bristol five-piece return with an album of principled, shit-kicking political anthems”
“a blistering attempt to calcify the faithful”
“It’s hard to think of the last time a British band rose from local obscurity to national fame in such short order. In 2017 and 2018, IDLES skyrocketed out of the sweaty clubs of Bristol and into the middlebrow consciousness with their first two albums, dragging a swathe of the faltering British guitar scene along with them. Indeed, for better or worse, every other new band now has some trace of th”
“IDLES return houses some of their most essential material, and a distinct lack of energy”
“The Bristol punk band’s third album goes for fist-in-the-air righteousness but stumbles over itself at nearly every turn, resulting in a broad and unfocused attempt to speak to the moment.”
