''Tangk'' is the upcoming fifth studio album by British rock band Idles, scheduled to be released on 16 February 2024 through Partisan Records. It was co-produced by Kenny Beats, Nigel Godrich and Idles member Mark Bowen. It has been preceded by the singles "

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", "Grace" and "Gift Horse".

Background

Vocalist Joe Talbot said that he "needed love" so he "made it. egave love out to the world and it feels like magic. This is our album of gratitude and power. All love songs. All is love." Talbot also explained that he wanted to "make people dance" and "feel the love that eneed in life", as well as wanting to make the music "infectious in a way that makes people feel, not think" and be "part of something electric again". It was named ''Tangk'' for "the lashing way the band imagined the guitars sounding, that has grown into a sigil for living in love". The album was announced following the band's surprise show at the Village Underground in London on 17 October 2023. It will be supported by a world tour, which started on 1 December 2023 in Hong Kong, China, as a part of the Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival, and will end on 7 December 2024 at the O2 Apollo Manchester in Manchester, England.

Track listing

Notes

* "Idea 01" and "Pop Pop Pop" are stylized in all caps.

References

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