Brutalism by IDLES

"Brutalism" is the debut studio album by British rock band Idles, released in March 10, 2017 through Partisan/Balley Records. The band started recording the album in 2015. Singer Joe Talbot's mother (who is pictured on the album cover along with a sculpture by Talbot and his father) died during the recording of the album after a long illness, and his time caring for her, and her death, had a major impact on the album, with Talbot later stating "She was that album. That's why she was on the cover".Talbot added lyrics after the music had been written by the rest of the band. He stated the songs on the album are "to do with the roles of women in my life. It's also to do with the role my mum played pre and postmortem and also about progression and grief as a theme and eventual rebuilding". The band recorded the album largely live in the studio, with each song recorded three times at most in order to keep a raw and urgent feel to them. It was produced by Space. A limited edition of 100 LPs were released in October 2017 with Talbot's mother's ashes pressed into the vinyl. "Brutalism" received universal acclaim by the critics. ℗ 2017 Partisan Records under exclusive license from Balley Records