Idlewild will re-release their third album The Remote Part twenty years to the day since it was released on July 15, 2022.
Re-pressed on vinyl, lead singer Roddy Woomble said of the album ‘Simply speaking, “The Remote Part’ is the most popular, commercially successful record that Idlewild ever made. None of our other records achieved that level of popularity. So it’s the defining record for the group.’
Critically acclaimed upon release, the album peaked at no.3 in the album charts, and produced four top thirty singles: ‘You Held The World In Your Arms,’ ‘American English,’ ‘Live In A Holding Place‘ and ‘The Modern Way Of Letting Go.’ The album featured legendary Scots poet Edwin Morgan, while the video for ‘Live In A Hiding Place‘ was directed by noted German director Wim Wenders.
The album tracklisting is as follows:
Side One
1. You Held the World in Your Arms
2. A Modern Way of Letting Go
3. American English
4. I Never Wanted
5. (I Am) What I Am Not
6. Live in a Hiding Place
Side Two
1. Out of Routine
2. Century After Century
3. Tell Me Ten Words
4. Stay the Same
5. In Remote Part / Scottish Fiction
The tour will take place as follows:
AUGUST
3rd: Roisin Dubh – Galway
4th: Button Factory – Dublin
5th: The Empire – Belfast
29th: Connect Festival – Edinburgh
SEPTEMBER
3rd: Village Hall, Ullapool
NOVEMBER
19th: Town Hall, Stourbridge,
20th: New Century, Manchester
DECEMBER
17th: O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
