Listen to IDLES’ dark remix of ‘POP POP POP’ featuring Danny Brown
IDLES have shared a new remix of ‘POP POP POP’ featuring Danny Brown – you can listen to it below.
The original version of the song features on the Bristol band’s fifth studio album ‘Tangk’ – which reached Number One in the UK upon its release in February.
Today (December 17), IDLES have dropped the studio version of the fan and live favourite ‘POP POP POP’ remix – a team-up with US rapper/singer-songwriter Danny Brown.
The group brought out Brown to assist with a live airing of the track during their headline set on the Other Stage at Glastonbury 2024 in June.
The dark reimagining of ‘POP POP POP’ begins with a verse from Brown over a stuttering drum beat, synth bassline and eerie keys before IDLES frontman Joe Talbot comes in.
Tune in here:
IDLES revealed that they would be performing with Brown at Glasto ’24 during an interview with NME at the festival.
NME described the original version of ‘POP POP POP’ as an “album highlight” in a four-star review of ‘Tangk’: “[It is] an arresting trip-hop fever dream, leaving the past well behind: ‘Hold the clutch, hold the phone, watch me fly – hold the mirror to my mother’s cries‘.”
The record recently went in at Number 46 on NME‘s 50 best albums of 2024 list. “IDLES may have packed their expansive fifth album ‘TANGK’ with love songs and the odd restrained ode, but sonically and vocally, the Bristolians still sounded as visceral as ever,” the entry read. “With a little help from LCD Soundsystem, they also looked good on the dancefloor. Look at them gooooo!”
In other news, IDLES have been nominated for three Grammys at next year’s ceremony: Best Rock Album (‘Tangk’), Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance (‘Gift Horse’).
Talbot, however, recently said that although the band are “grateful” to be nominated for awards, the idea of craving validation from them is something he believes is “toxic”.
Next summer, IDLES will play their only UK shows of 2025 at their two-night homecoming event Bristol Block Party.
They are also scheduled to make appearances at various European festivals, such as Primavera Sound in Barcelona, and Germany’s Rock Im Park and Rock Am Ring. Additionally, Talbot and co. will open for My Chemical Romance in Boston on their 2025 US stadium tour.
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Tom Skinner
NME
