Idiot Savants

The Durutti Column

1. Better Must Come

2. Interleukin 2; for Anthony

3. Please Let Me Sleep

4. 2 Times Nice

5. No Last Surprise

6. Gathering Dust

7. Whisper to the Wind

8. That Blows My Name Away; for Rachel
‘Best yet from long-serving Manc guitarist. Idiot Savants might be his crowning glory. Certainly he’s never been more inspired than on the sprawling ‘Please Let Me Sleep’. Having quelled his tendency to meander, Reilly is on magisterial form; Poppy Roberts is the vocal foil he’s always needed, while ‘Gathering Dust’ exudes serenity.’
Q Magazine

‘Idiot Savants is characteristically tender and eclectic.’
Mojo

‘A good few listens to Reilly’s latest album will certainly be no hardship; his work remains as bewitching as ever. Excellent stuff.’
The Sunday Times

‘It’s a rare guitarist whose style is so instantly identifiable but there is only one Vini Reilly. The Mancunian mainstay’s riffs and arpeggios are constructed of notes so densely packed as to verge on liquid and his virtuosity is as understated as lead guitar gets. These songs announce themselves gently but become insidiously insistent.’
Uncut

‘The Durutti Column are a reassuring sign that unique talent generally finds a way – the usual brilliant guitar runs and splangling clusters of sound.’
Word

‘This is a layered, well-thought out record where hostility goes on vacation.’
Clash Magazine

‘Another fine album, Vini.’
Record Collector

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