IDLES drop new song ‘Rabbit Run’ from upcoming film ‘Caught Stealing’

IDLES have wrote 4 songs for the upcoming Darren Aronofsky film ‘Caught Stealing’ with the first single ‘Rabbit Run’ out now ahead of the films release.

Also included is a striking cover of the Junior Marvin-penned “Police and Thieves,” famously covered by The Clash on their 1977 self-titled debut album. The soundtrack will be available digitally on August 29th via Protozoa / Partisan Records, with a vinyl pre-order launching the same day.

IDLES and Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Black Swan) quickly formed a creative kinship, united by a deep mutual respect for each other’s work. When Aronofsky began developing Caught Stealing he turned to his favorite band to shape the film’s sonic identity.

Talbot says: “This has been a huge opportunity for us that seemingly came about after a chance meeting backstage at Fallon when we both happened to be guests on the same day. But in hindsight, I realise that Darren is one of my favourite directors and his films have in some ways made me who I am as an artist. This lucid dream has been a lifetime in the making and one that I will live over and over with a huge sense of humility and joy.”

Darren Aronofsky on the collaboration: “I built Caught Stealing to be a roller coaster of fun and wanted to supercharge the film by main lining a punk sensibility. I don’t think a band has really been tasked with performing a score for a movie. Who better to collaborate with than IDLES? It has been a dream watching them bend their notes to blast a hole in our movie screen.”

Rob Simonsen adds: “I was really excited by the idea that Darren had for our third project together, which was to write a score for IDLES, using them as our orchestra. They had created original songs for the film, and building a pallette that started from their sound – the incredible textures they create through inventive use of feedback, distortion, and pedals – was a really satisfying challenge. Our work with the band was genuinely inspiring. They’re not only extraordinarily talented musicians, but individuals with clear eyes, big hearts, and bold souls.”