As consistently good as Idlewild's 2001 breakthrough 100 Broken Windows and the more mature follow-up The Remote Part, Warnings/Promises feels even more adventurous this time out.
Expanding their reach, Roddy Woomble and company ditch nearly all of their punk leanings (save for the hard-charging "I Want a Warning") but still retain their edge as the unique pulse of "The Space Between All Things" exhibits.
Set in motion by a stadium-ready anthem "Love Steals Us from Loneliness," Woomble sings it superbly and finds himself accompanied by a wall of swooning guitars.
But beneath what's expected -- like the warm near-ballad "Welcome Home," which clearly deserves the airwaves -- it is musical magic like "El Capitan," with its gorgeous, piano-steered melody and memorable hook that captures hearts while unveiling Idlewild's credo.
As Woomble encourages us to "Stand up and stand out" amid the song's glorious refrain, his band has already done it, not just on these eleven tunes (twelve if you count the hidden, unlisted track) but in almost everything they've done since they rose to prominence.
Doing things their way may have kept them out of the limelight until now, but it's only a matter of time.
To steal a line from the liner notes of The Remote Part, "Support your local poet.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love Steals Us from LonelinessIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Welcome HomeIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | I Want a WarningIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | I Understand ItIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | As If I Hadn't SleptIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Too Long AwakeIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Not Just Sometimes But AlwaysIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | The Space Between All ThingsIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | El CapitanIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Blame It on Obvious WaysIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | DisconnectedIdlewild | Idlewild | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Goodnight (Contains Hidden Track 'Too Long Awake (Reprise)') | Idlewild | Play | 08:06 | 18 MB | 0 MB |
| 47 mins | 108 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Burke | Audio Engineer |
| 2 | Dave Eringa | Audio Production |
| 3 | Gavin Fox | Member of Attributed Artist |
| 4 | Inara George | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 5 | Tony Hoffer | Audio Production |
| 6 | Idlewild | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 7 | Rod Jones | Member of Attributed Artist |
| 8 | Greg Leisz | Additional Personnel, Pedal Steel Guitar |
| 9 | Paul Maroon | Additional Personnel, Piano |
| 10 | Colin Newton | Member of Attributed Artist |
| 11 | Allan Stewart | Member of Attributed Artist |
| 12 | Roddy Woomble | Member of Attributed Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |