There are moments when the sound is more familiarly chaotic. The New Sensation is a driving dig at the Government’s suggestion that people in the arts should simply retrain, Meds throws crazed John Zorn-esque sax breaks atop a distorted bass groove that is pure IDLES, and Wizz is 30 seconds of grinding noise featuring texts from Joe's former dealer transformed into lyrics.
So, this might be a more reflective, experimental IDLES, but they remain a band filled equally with anger, humour and vitriol. And, whichever direction they take, it still sounds fantastic.
Verdict: 4/5
For Fans Of: Slaves, The Fall, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
Crawler is out now via Partisan Records