finetune artist: Idlewild

This Scottish pop punk band was formed at Edinburgh University in December 1995 by Roddy Woomble (b. 13 August 1976, Irvine, Scotland; vocals), Rod Jones (b. 3 December 1976; guitar), and Colin Newton (b. 18 April 1977, Macduff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; drums). The trio teamed up with Phil Scanlon (b. Philip Scanlon, 21 May 1976, England; bass) and began to attract press interest owing to their chaotic live shows, which demonstrated their appreciation of the finer points of US hardcore. The band's self-financed "Queen Of The Troubled Teens" debut was given a limited release on Edinburgh's Human Condition label in March 1997. Bob Fairfoull (b. 25 July 1976) replaced Scanlon on "Chandelier", the band's one-off single for the cult Fierce Panda label. The Captain mini-album was released on Deceptive Records following which the band signed a major label recording contract with Food Records. Demo sessions at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire were successful enough for the band to decide to record their debut album there. Released in October 1998, Hope Is Important included the minor hits "A Film For The Future", "Everyone Says You're So Fragile" and "I'm A Message', as well as February 1999"s UK Top 20 single, "When I Argue I See Shapes". The latter's accessible power pop blueprint was duplicated to great effect on the 2000 follow-up, 100 Broken Windows.

Listen to Idlewild at Finetune.

(2008) Make Another World
(2007) A Distant History: Rarities 1997 - 2007
(2007) Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997 - 2007
(2005) Love Steals Us From Loneliness
(2005) Warnings/Promises
(2004) 100 Broken Windows
(2003) The Remote Part [ECD]
(1999) Hope Is Important
(0000) Little Discourage

American English
You Held The World In Your Arms
Modern Way Of Letting Go, A
When I Argue I See Shapes
These Wooden Ideas