When last we heard from the 5 piece from Edinburgh,Scotland they had just released their 2nd album 100 Broken Windows..considered by many as one of the top 10 best albums of 2000 and this reviewer agrees..but how could they follow up excellence? well...with perfection! The Remote Part released in the US a few weeks ago might well be the front runner (w/ The White Stripes) as album of the year. While not as punk-guitar thrash as 100 Broken Windows was, The Remote Part makes up for this with melodic beauty of the R.E.M esque songs like "American English" and "Live In A Hiding Place" which are timeless and irreplacable. This is not to say they have completely disected the punk-guitar from the band..oh no no..they keep a good amount of the thrash with brilliant songs "A Modern Way Of Letting Go" as well as the single "You Held The World In Your Arms" and "Out Of Routine". All in all Roddy Woomble (Singer) has created his pop punk masterpiece that would make Jimmy Eat World jealous. To quote Rolling Stone:
"American English" closes with the tautological refrain,
"You'll find what you find/When you find there's nothing." What Idlewild have found is a way to go gentle without going soft.

Rating: 5 out of 5

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currently listening to the remote part...will post my findings when i've given it a couple run thru's...might be worthy of a burn to auido cd, for car rides...which is a high honor in my world...

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very good album, as are the previous two. not as punky as their old stuff, captain era, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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