IDLES borrowed their album title from a Toi Derricotte poem
The title echoes Pushcart Prize-winning poet Toi Derricotte’s 2008 poem “Joy Is An Act of Resistance” — a fitting source for a band that channels rage into catharsis.
The title echoes Pushcart Prize-winning poet Toi Derricotte’s 2008 poem “Joy Is An Act of Resistance” — a fitting source for a band that channels rage into catharsis.