Interview Music

Interview Music
Studio album by Idlewild
Released	5 April 2019
Genre	Indie rock alternative rock [1]
Length	52:31
Label	Empty Words
Producer	Dave Eringa
Idlewild chronology
Everything Ever Written (2015) Interview Music (2019) Idlewild (2025)

Interview Music ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.4/10 [2]
Metacritic	69/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10 [4]
Gigwise	[5]
NME	[6]
PopMatters	8/10 [1]
The Skinny	[7]
Sputnikmusic	2/5 [8]
Under the Radar	[9]
XSNoize	8/10 [10]

Interview Music is the ninth studio album by Scottish indie rock band Idlewild, released on 5 April 2019 on Empty Words Records. It was produced by Dave Eringa, who had worked on the band's previous albums 100 Broken Windows and The Remote Part . ^[10] It reached No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 1 on the Scottish Albums Chart. ^[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Idlewild.

Interview Music track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dream Variations"	5:03
2.	"There's a Place for Everything"	3:37
3.	"Interview Music"	4:59
4.	"All These Words"	4:32
5.	"You Wear It Secondhand"	4:26
6.	"Same Things Twice"	3:46
7.	"I Almost Didn't Notice"	5:01
8.	"Miracles"	2:12
9.	"Mount Analogue"	4:52
10.	"Forever New"	3:25
11.	"Bad Logic"	2:26
12.	"Familiar to Ignore"	4:52
13.	"Lake Martinez"	3:20
Total length:		52:31

Personnel

Idlewild

• Roddy Woomble – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Rod Jones – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Colin Newton – drums, percussion
• Andrew Mitchell – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Luciano Rossi – piano, keyboards, backing vocals

Recording personnel

• Dave Eringa – producer, mixing

References

1. Carr, Paul (4 April 2019). "Idlewild Makes a Stunningly Melodic Rock Album With Interview Music". PopMatters . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
2. "Interview Music by Idlewild reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
3. "Interview Music by Idlewild Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
4. Murray, Robin (4 April 2019). "Idlewild – Interview Music". Clash . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
5. McTaggart, Ross (29 March 2019). "Can Interview Music Continue to Keep the Dream Alive for the Scottish Indie Heroes?". Gigwise . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
6. Trendell, Andrew (1 April 2019). "Idlewild – Interview Music review". NME . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
7. Clark, Hannah (2 April 2019). "Idlewild – Interview Music". The Skinny . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
8. "Idlewild – Interview Music (album review)". Sputnikmusic. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
9. Pearlman, Mischa (20 May 2019). "Idlewild Interview Music (Empty Words) Review". Under the Radar . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
10. "Idlewild – Interview Music". XS Noize. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
11. "UK albums – Idlewild". Official Chart Company. Retrieved 16 May 2019.