The band's music has been associated with punk rock and related genres including post-punk, hardcore punk, and post-hardcore.
Singer Joe Talbot, however, rejects all of these labels.
In 2017, he was quoted as saying: "We're not a post punk band.
I guess we have that motorik, engine-like drive in the rhythm section that some post punk bands have but we have plenty of songs that aren't like that at all."
At a 2018 concert in Manchester, he said: "for the last time, we're not a fucking punk band".
The band's music has been associated with punk rock and related genres including post-punk, hardcore punk, and post-hardcore. Singer Joe Talbot, however, rejects all of these labels. In 2017, he was quoted as saying: "We're not a post punk band. I guess we have that motorik, engine-like drive in the rhythm section that some post punk bands have but we have plenty of songs that aren't like that at all." At a 2018 concert in Manchester, he said: "for the last time, we're not a fucking punk band".
Idles (band)