Idlewild announce first album in 6 years, share “Stay Out of Place”

Scottish indie punk vets Idlewild have announced their 10th album and first in six years. It’s self-titled and will be out October 3 via V2 Records.

“We’re looking back without being nostalgic — we were thinking about all the songs we’d made and the new songs we were making,” frontman Roddy Woomble says. “For the first time we were referencing ourselves, not in a nostalgic way, in a positive, creative way, realising that we had a ‘sound’ and the songs we were writing should celebrate that. After it was all recorded and done, it felt fitting to simply title it ‘Idlewild’.”

The first single is its opening track, “Stay Out of Place,” which has Idlewild’s signature anthemic style all over it. “Walt Whitman was right, we do contain ‘multitudes’ – there is more than one ‘us’ in there – we’re choosing a voice from among the many voices,” Woomble says. “This is especially interesting in a band context, because it’s not just one voice, but five voices collaborating, over time. We arrange the world in our own order, but sometimes you’ve got to shake up expectations and forget about the instructions – I suppose that’s what I’m getting at with ‘Stay Out Of Place’. It felt like a good starting point and (re)introduction to Idlewild 2025.” Listen below.

Idlewild also have UK tour dates this fall and those are listed below.

Idlewild
Stay Out Of Place
Like I Had Before
It’s Not The First Time
(I Can’t Help) Back Then You Found Me
The Mirror Still
Make It Happen
I Wish I Wrote It Down
Permanent Colours
Writers Of The Present Time
End With Sunrise

IDLEWILD – 2025/2026 TOUR DATES
July 27 – Thirsk, UK – Deer Shed Festival
September 13 – Inverness, UK – Black Isle Calling
October 10 – Newcastle, UK – Boilershop
October 11 – Leeds, UK – Project House
October 12 – Wolverhampton, UK – Wulfrun Hall
October 14 – Cambridge, UK – The Junction
October 15 – Bristol, UK – O2 Academy
October 17 – London, UK – Koko (Sold Out)
October 18 – Manchester, UK – New Century Hall
December 5 – Aberdeen, UK – Beach Ballroom (Sold Out)
December 6 – Dundee, UK – LiveHouse
December 7 – Glasgow, UK – Barrowland (Sold Out)
January 2–5 – Bognor Regis, UK – Rockaway Beach