itoldyouiwouldeatyou have returned with ‘Wonderful Life Pt 1’, the first song to be taken from new EP ‘We Were Having Such a Nice Day’ (out on 28 November, 2025). There’s a touch of Delta Sleep in the intricate guitar work and slow-burning intro before Joey Ashworth pours their heart out to help a loved one…
Following shows with Michael Cera Palin and Awakebustillinbed and ahead of a main stage appearance at 2024’s ArcTanGent Festival, itoldyouiwouldeatyou have shared new single ‘Moscow is Silent’ – their first new material since 2019. Written in early 2021, the song is all too prescient with its subject of feeling helpless in an endlessly cruel and…
Long-time readers of this site will know how much love we have for itoldyouiwouldeatyou (in fact, we considered using that photo of a smiling Joey Ashworth when we briefly pondered giving ratings in our reviews). We’ve watched the band grow from Joey as a solo act playing in their hometown of Godalming and supporting The…
itoldyouiwouldeatyou have released a new video for ‘Young American’; a song that will feature on upcoming debut album ‘Oh Dearism’ (order via Alcopop!/Failure by Design here). Created by their regular collaborators, LGTBQIA art collective Clumsy Bodies and Chevy Blazer, the video is based around pranks and how so many things in the modern world seem…
Failure by Design and Alcopop! Records co-signings itoldyouiwouldeatyou have unveiled details of their debut album ‘Oh Dearism’ and released a video for lead single ‘Gold Rush’ (directed by Chevy Blazer and produced by Clumsy Bodies). The song opens with a thrilling combo of Tellison-style melody, clattering drums and midi keyboards before Joey Ashworth delivers a…
We’re very excited about the World Cup that kicks off in a month or so and we’ve decided to ask some football-loving bands, blogs and readers to offer their takes on what to expect in Russia next month – an an evaluation of how their club teams’ seasons have gone… Who will win the 2018…
We’re almost halfway through another year and yet again our friends at Alcopop! have kicked it out of the park. To celebrate this (and the upcoming World Cup), they’ve put together a goal-den sampler compilation of songs from their 2018 releases. Available as a pay-what-you-want download from Bandcamp, the release also gives you the chance…
itoldyouiwouldeatyou’s video for ‘Get Terrified’ found the band at a prom and following the release of the EP via Failure by Design and Alcopop! Records (order here), we thought what better time to ask Joey Ashworth about their dream prom playlist. But first we had a few important questions… Do you have fond memories of…
itoldyouiwouldeatyou. Failure by Design Records. Alcopop! Records. There are a lot of brilliant, beautiful people involved in all three of these and now they’re set to come together with the release of the new ityiwey EP ‘Get Terrified’ (out 20 April) – a set of physically unreleased previous singles and new material. The title track…
itoldyouiwouldeatyou have had an awesome year, but what are the albums they’ve been listening to? We asked Joey Ashworth from the band to reveal their Top 5 records of 2017. “Idles – ‘Brutalism’ It’s impossible to say why I love ‘Brutalism’ concisely. The lyrics are angry for all the right reasons, without being cruel. It’s…
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