Watch IDLES’ dark, unsettling video for When The Lights Come On

15 December 2021

IDLES have released an unsettling video for When The Lights Come On, the third single to be released from their recently-released fourth album Crawler.

Lyrically, the song is based around vocalist Joe Talbot’s memories and reflections of being the ‘last man standing’ at social gatherings where alcohol/drugs are involved:

“Not a single face I’ve seen is a friend I recognise or recognises me,” he sings. “I black out, I don’t want your dim sum. It’s 3am, I wanna dance til the sun comes. I wanna fight your cousin.”

The accompanying video features George Garratt from fellow Bristol punks Heavy Lungs a) riding a bicycle at night while wearing a bizarre spiky outfit and b) repeatedly falling to the ground in slow motion.

IDLES will close out their 2021 playing with THE STROKES in New York on New Year’s Eve, before embarking on a huge UK and European tour in mid-January, beginning with four sold-out nights at London’s 4,900-capacity Brixton Academy.