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Idlewild have been one of the U.K.'s most consistently ace bands for years now, despite the distance they've advanced since the boyishly emotive punk rock of early records such as Hope Is Important and 100 Broken Windows. Lead singer Roddy Woomble has grown up in public, a Scottish indie-rock...

2005 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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Coming of age in the last days of Brit Pop's glory years (Oasis, Blur, Suede), Idlewild searched outside of the Brit Rock music tradition of Beatles, Kinks, Bowie, glam rock, and vaudeville to the western shores of America, finding themselves intoxicated by American indie and classic alt-rock. Early R.E.M., Pixies, Nirvana, and Slint records in tow, Hope Is Important is very much a love letter to...

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