Idlewild will release rarities album 'A Distant History: Rarities 1997-2007' on 29th October. The compilation of rarities and b-sides will compliment 'Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007' which is out now.
The tracklisting reads as follows:
Queen of the Troubled Teens (self-financed first single on Human Condition label)
Self Healer (B-side of Queen of the Troubled Teens)
Chandelier (early single released on Fierce Panda label)
I Want To Be A Writer (B-side of Chandelier)
Satan Polaroid (early single on Deceptive label)
This Is Worse (B-side of I'm A Message CD1 single)
You Don't Have the Heart (live) (B-side of Little Discourage CD2 single)
There's Glory in Your Story (B-side of These Wooden Ideas CD1 single)
A Distant History (B-side of You Held The World In Your Arms CD2 single)
I Was Made To Think It (B-side of You Held The World In Your Arms CD2 single)
Poor Thing (B-side of American English CD1 single)
The Nothing I Know (B-side of American English CD1 single)
Everything Flows (Teenage Fanclub cover, B-side of Live In A Hiding Place CD1 single)
I Found That Essence Rare (Gang Of Four cover, B-side of Live In A Hiding Place CD2 single)
Hold On To Your Breath (B-side of Love Steals Us From Loneliness CD1 single)
Gone Too Long (B-side of Love Steals Us From Loneliness CD2 single)
Don't Let Me Change (B-side of Love Steals Us From Loneliness CD2 single)
El Capitan (acoustic) (B-side of El Capitan CD single)
Winter Is Blue (Vashti Bunyan cover, B-side of El Capitan 7" single)
Hidden Ways (B-side of No Emotion CD single)