Warnings/Promises

As Scotland's finest export, one would think that Idlewild would get the same kind of treatment bestowed to lesser talents like Coldplay, Snow Patrol and Keane. Troubling then, that the band's U.S. devotees have been left with no choice but to buy the band's last few records on import when faced with the promise of a six-month Stateside release delay. That complaint aside, Idlewild's fourth studio album Warnings/Promises is superb. As consistently good as the outfit's 2001 breakthrough 100 Broken Windows and 2003's more mature-feeling follow-up Remote Part, the band feels even more adventurous this time out. Doing things their way may have kept them out of the limelight until now, but it's only a matter of time. To steal a line from the liner notes of Remote Part -- support your local poet. – All Music Guide