Post Electric Blues is the seventh studio album by Scottish indie rock band Idlewild, self-released to around 3000 fans in June 2009.

[8] Prior to recording, guitarist Rod Jones revealed that the album has "quite an upbeat musical feel," and that it sounds "like a band having a good time.

"[9] Upon the album's traditional release, Jones stated: "I think the way we approached making this record, and doing things ourselves and involving our fans just gave us the freedom and time to do what we wanted to do without any pressure.

In early January 2009, the band entered pre-production with frequent producer Dave Eringa at their rehearsal space in Rosyth, Fife.

According to vocalist Roddy Woomble, the first track written for Post Electric Blues was album opener "Younger Than America".

Regarding the album's artwork, vocalist Roddy Woomble states that:[17] In the past we've favored black and white, and sepia styles, but I've been looking a lot of old Jazz LP covers from the early 70s and I love the look of them.

The Glaswegian photographer David Gillanders came to the practice space last week and spent the afternoon taking pictures while we played.