Four Idle Hands

This episode is all about the World Cup 2026 which kicks off this week in Mexico City, we preview the competition, chat about how the home teams will perform and we pick our favourite World Cup moments, enjoy.

Boardsof Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin. They released their debut album "Music Has the Right to Children" in 1998 and now after hiatus of 13 years they are set to release their fifth studio album "Inferno" on May 29th. As a preview of the album Boards of Canada and Warp Records hosted official Inferno album listening parties on May 22, 2026, ahead of the album's release. The exclusive, ticketed sessions took place simultaneously across seven citiesglobally: Tokyo, Berlin, Barcelona, London, Glasgow, New York, and Los Angeles.One half of the Four Idle Hands team (Michael) assisted by gig photographer and music enthusiast Craig Chisholm procured the tickets and headed out to the Glasgow event, held at the Vic Assembly rooms at the school of art.In this episode we discuss the event, thoughts on the new album and what we think of listening parties in general.If you follow four idle hands on instagram and bluesky we will post some photos of the event.

This episode we catch up with Graeme Thomson who is about to release his new book "In Another World The Four Seasons of Talk Talk. This is the definitive biography of one of the most critically acclaimed and enigmatic groups of all time. For the first time, Graeme Thomson seeks to unpick this knottiest of musical locks and understand the other world of Talk Talk. The book is out on May 21st and is well worth a read.In the rest of the episodewe talk about the sad passing of Scott Hastings, this weekends european rugby finals, Ronaldo in the world cup and the Stones /Kneecap new albums, enjoy.