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Idlewild (Rock)

Description:

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