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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the London-based dup of Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville was self-produced.
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  1. 90
    Fusing progressive big-beats, deeply personal lyricism and intelligent song-writing, it once again reveals IDER as the indispensable voices of a generation. Utterly compelling listening.
  2. Aug 12, 2021
    77
    While shame is less ecstatic than its predecessor, it certainly doesn’t find the duo of Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville holding back – there are a multitude more complex and tangled feelings to be unknotted here.
  3. Aug 5, 2021
    70
    IDER are back at what they do best, providing a glimmering sense of hope that we aren’t alone with our anxieties.
  4. Aug 5, 2021
    70
    Independently released, ‘shame’ is raw and expressive, the result of infinite creative freedom after leaving their label.
  5. Though ‘shame’ is no wild departure, its voice feels stronger. Cutting loose clearly suits IDER – this independent follow-up finds them free to pick apart all the complicated facets of shame in a slow-burning, smouldering fashion.
  6. 60
    Embarrassed and Shame double down on how these emotions hold women hostage. Most personal of all is the Auto-Tuned and digitally spacious Midland’s Guilt, about how Somerville couldn’t wait to leave Tamworth but now feels aghast at losing her accent.
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