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Idles to curate art exhibition in London

By Josiah Wong  Tuesday Aug 28, 2018

Bristol’s very own boundary-breaking punk outfit, Idles, are holding a pop-up art exhibition to celebrate the release of their eagerly awaited second album Joy as an Act of Resistance.

Setting up at the HM Electrics Gallery in London over on August 30 and 31 (the day of the album release) the gallery contains 18 pieces of work across several mediums and includes contributions from Orlando Weeks, Nigel Talbot and Tao Lapsley among others.

The gallery is free to enter and all proceeds of the event will be donated to the Samaritans charity.

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Last month, Idles released the single Samaritans, a scathing attack on toxic masculinity. Throughout the track, frontman Joe Talbot lists the expectations placed upon men, “man up”, “sit down”, “socks up”, “don’t cry”, “grow some balls”.

Idles are playing sold-out shows happening at Rough Trade on August 31. They return to Bristol on October 16 of to play a sold-out SWX

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