IDLES share new single 'Car Crash' ahead of new album release

IDLES have released their latest single "Car Crash", days before the release of their upcoming album CRAWLER.

A harrowing, slow building track with an industrial sound, "Car Crash" is inspired by frontman Joe Talbot's own experience — a near death car wreck he barely walked away from. "It’s the horrific, comedown hangover," he explained. "Waking up in the morning and realizing the smashes, like, what the fuck am I doing with my life?"

The relentless cacophony of the track is well-matched by the accompanying music video, which features multiple car chases and crashes from old movies, curated by Matthew Cusick and edited by IDLES’ Lee Kiernan. Watch it below.

"We wanted it to be as violent as possible to reflect that event," added guitarist and co-producer Mark Bowen.

"We recorded the drums beforehand and put them on a vinyl acetate. Whenever you replay an acetate, because it is kind of like a liquid, it degrades every time. It touches on things being transient and momentary — even a single drum hit. It’s like a memory, when the moment has passed and you deal with the repercussions over and over again, and they morph and change into something else."

Barely one year after the release of their last record Ultra Mono, IDLES' fourth album, CRAWLER, is set to be released on November 12, via Partisan Records. The Bristol post-punks are also set to play three nights at Vicar Street Dublin from January 24–26 next year.

Watch the video for "Car Crash" by IDLES here.