Idlewild

Idlewild are a Scottish indie rock band from Edinburgh, United Kingdom. They form in 1995 and remain active. Their sound sits within alternative rock, indie rock, post-grunge and rock.

Line-up

The band includes Roddy Woomble, Rod Jones, Colin Newton, Phil Scanlon, Bob Fairfoull, Jeremy Mills, Allan Stewart, Alex Grant, Gavin Fox and Gareth Russell. In the group’s recorded work, Woomble handles lead vocals, Jones plays guitar and backing vocals, Newton plays drums, Andrew Mitchell contributes bass and guitar, and Luciano Rossi plays keyboards. Hannah Fisher joins them on tour on fiddle.

Albums and career

Idlewild release a run of studio albums that begins with Hope Is Important and continues through 100 Broken Windows, The Remote Part, Warnings/Promises, Make Another World, Post Electric Blues and Everything Ever Written. In 2010, Roddy Woomble says the band enters a hiatus after touring, but later comments indicate further shows in support of an EMI reissue of 100 Broken Windows. The group returns in 2014 with two acoustic shows in London and the download release Collect Yourself, which appears with pre-orders of Everything Ever Written.