The Devil Will Make Work

The Idle Hands
Genre: Rock / Rock / Rock
From : Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

The Idle Hands are what happens when two expatriate Irish brothers are moved to America, hole up in the studios of the frozen Midwest, and find themselves making music with their best friends in a city frontman Ciaran has described as "Dr. Zhivago with bands".

The Idles' sound is hard to pigeonhole, combining glam, neo-New Wave, and disco with nods to everyone from Berlin-era Bowie to pre-Dig! Dandy Warhols to the Libertines. Veering from knowing winks at the excesses of hipsterdom to heartbreaking sincerity and back again, and never embarrassed by the Big Pop Song, their sound is equal parts louche hedonism and wistful melancholy.

Blending a love of literate English pop, with an American need to rock out uninhibitedly, The Idle Hands push all the right indie-rock buttons without tripping over irony or wallowing in ennui. Perhaps it's the equation of the boy/girl/boy/girl/boy line-up now in place: Ciaran and his brother, Criostoir (bass), Eileen (keys) and her traveling companion Emma (guitar), and rhythm setter Nick (drums).

Give them your ears, and enthusiasm.

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MP3 - The Idle Hands - Loaded
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