While the title Joy As An Act Of Resistance might suggest IDLES are returning as rampant as ever, the Bristol band say they will be opening up their sensitive side for an imminent second album.

We have stripped back the songs and lyrics to our bare flesh Idles

"This album is an attempt to be vulnerable to our audience and to encourage vulnerability," the group declared in a statement announcing their new release, the follow-up to 2017 debut Brutalism.

"A brave naked smile in this s***ty new world. We have stripped back the songs and lyrics to our bare flesh to allow each other to breathe, to celebrate our differences, and act as an ode to communities and the individuals that forge them. Because without our community, we’d be nothing.”

Brutalism was Steve Lamacq’s favourite album of 2017, with the 6 Music DJ describing it as "incredibly powerful; melodic; at times cynical; sarcastic, but very funny too". With an art project planned to accompany the release, this new record looks set to make a unique statement as well.

Release day: 31 August