IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has said the band will no longer play ‘Model Village’ live.The single, which featured on their 2020 album ‘Ultra Mono‘, makes scathing comments against small-town mindsets.Now speaking in this week’s NME Big Read, Talbot explained why the band won’t be playing the track again.“I don’t want to perform ‘Model Village’ live, because I’m not in that place any more,” he said. “I’m not defensive, I’m not angry.
I’m not scared anymore, and I was when I wrote that album. There was so much going on around me and I was losing control of our narrative.
Instead of being mindful and holding myself accountable, I was fighting.”“We have taken control of that narrative with ‘CRAWLER’,” Talbot added. “I was in therapy for two.
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