Tell us about how you come up with that sound. SIMON: That's almost like a revving engine. This is a pistol for the wolf whistle 'cause your body is your body, and it belongs to nobody but you. IDLES: (Singing) This is a sawn-off for the cat-callers. Let's listen to a little bit of "Ne Touche Pas Moi." SIMON: Let me ask about the power of your sound. That's just a category thing, so you can find us in the shops. But as far as conversation around musical art goes, it's not up to the artist to tell the audience what genre they're in. My comment was really on the idea that if we allow labels as artists, we disallow ourselves the freedom to do whatever we want to do. TALBOT: (Laughter) Oh, whatever you want us to be. You know journalism - we're pathetically dependent upon labels. And then we saw you quoted in an interview as saying you're not a punk band at all. We've made a list of the way your band's been described - punk, punk rock, post-punk, hardcore punk, post-hardcore indie punk. Let's try and get this out of the way first. SIMON: Idles maintain that edgy tone in their new album, "Ultra Mono." And the frontman of Idles, Joe Talbot, joins us from Cardiff, Wales. IDLES: (Singing) A dulcet man with a Dolcet tone from a dulcet town and a Dolcet home. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NEVER FIGHT A MAN WITH A PERM") They roar pro-immigrant anthems, call out white privilege and toxic masculinity, often with a signature humor, as in "Never Fight A Man With A Perm," off the band's last album. Idles, sonic powerhouse band from Bristol, England, has built its reputation on songs that are really rallying cries. (SOUNDBITE OF IDLES SONG, "NEVER FIGHT A MAN WITH A PERM"
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