Idles are a post-hardcore/post-punk band from Bristol, England.

The band was formed in 2012 and consists of singer Joe Talbot, bassist Adam Devonshire, guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan, and drummer Jon Beavis.

On their website, IDLES describes the band and its history thusly:

IDLES met as a quintet at the death of the indie scene in Bristol and began making visceral and sometimes unlistenable post-punk to a growing crowd. They began with their own club night Batcave and practicing religiously until they felt they had found their sound and their live show; with that in check they have now completed their first album and are savaged in hunger to play their music. They want to give themselves and their art to the audience in a concise and violent way unrivalled by their peers. They have no qualms in terrifying and entertaining in the same breath. They celebrate their influences in a vitriolic and belligerent sound that is both familiar and new. They are a nose-bleed on the ears and they’re here to show you they care.