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Watch Idles cover The Streets for BBC Live Lounge

By Rhys Buchanan  Wednesday Feb 13, 2019

Idles have now laid their mark on the BBC Live Lounge.

The Bristol punks performed a rousing mash up of classic tracks from The Streets’ Original Pirate Material for the show.

As expected they did it very much in their own way, jarring distortion, rumbling basslines and a very fierce vocal delivery from frontman Joe Talbot.

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They even ended on a snippet of Harry Styles’ track ‘Sign Of The Times’ for good measure.

Watch the session just here: 

Read more: Idles nominated for ‘Best British Breakthrough Act’ brit award

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