the 1975

im so mad at myself for not instantly realizing how stunning "somebody else" is

Easily the song I've replayed the most this year, with no sign of wearing it out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03l3894

crazy how you sit through an hour of this album and then "paris" just the most disarming song

my heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyf4pnOPo5M

Took my daughter down to the London pop-up shop on Sunday (because we were told we could come straight in). Felt guilty about queue jumping past several thousands people. And very self conscious as a middle aged man - was only there for my daughter. In consequence, I ended up letting her spend £170 of my money. Including £100 on a framed print of the Ballad of Me and My Brain photo (https://images.rapgenius.com/4526a817ad55bfdba66ec5c45bbc80d4.1000x666x1.jpg), for her room. It was billed as an edition of 1/1, so with a bit of luck that's my pension sorted.

uh link above was rong
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03l3syv

"ugh" is kind of amaing live

i also love that the "ballad of me and my brain" image actually includes a sainsbury's lol

it is the very Sainsbury's from the song. The second window up on the far side of the street, cut in half by the corner of the Sainsbury's block, is Matthew's old flat in Shepherd's Bush.

omg "if i believe you" live

ok i wasn't going to see them at barclays but now maybe i have to?

apparently there's a twitter...listening party? at 5 today? idk what that means.

Any money says this will enter both US and UK album charts at No 1.

I hope so!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt8EMOW-YfI

The middle stretch from "Please Be Naked" to the title track has grown on me a lot. I don't think she gets much love here, but I hear some Imogen Heap in a few of those tracks, and they pull off her sound as well as she does. The last three tracks still don't do much for me yet though

I noticed that "The Sound" and "She's American" share the same first seven notes for the chorus! I still love both in pretty different ways

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums

seems like they're gonna get beat by adele in the US but will beat macklemore which is a nice consolation prize

people who aren't into "paris" are dead 2 me

sorry vinnie

i haven't really been listening to the two singles at the beginning or the two songs at the end that much so i consider "change of heart" and "paris" to be really nice bookends

oh shit no. 1 in the u.s.

Saw the opening night of the tour last night (going again on Monday). Don't miss this show if you have the chance to see it. I'd say it's 15 mins too long (there's a mid pace sag in the middle), but overall it is astounding. The production design is stunning. The setlist is fantastic. As Dorian, who I was with, said to me: This is a band who are doing everything right. It was quite overwhelming.

the setlist looks sick, i'd maybe have subbed out "so far (it's alright)" [which "loving someone" is kind of an even more amazing version of??] for "this must be my dream" [i mean or "pressure" which is still the best song of all time] but fuckkk i'm so hype

i was frantically searching for live videos of "anobrain" and then i realised OH WAIT I AM SEEING THEM ON WEDNESDAY <3 <3 <3 so maybe i shouldn't go down that rabbit hole rn

i wish they'd start playing "head.cars.bending" again (when they opened their set with it the first time i saw them in 2013 i was like "oh wow this band is special") but i have no complaints about the setlist and am considering buying tickets I can't afford for barclays

thanks alfred for comparing "this must be my dream" to the system

hang a sign upon the door, it said this must be my dreeeam

I bought a physical copy in Target this morning and danced in the shorts aisle.

I wanted to buy this on vinyl but it's currently $40 at my local store. It's a great album and everything but that price is crazy, even when it's clear vinyl.

Giving this a shot, nice to have something the splits the difference between Phoenix and Maroon 5. Bummed that "Please Be Naked" doesn't sound at all like "The Big Ship," imo - more like one of those Phoenix instrumentals - but "Change of Heart" sure sounds like "Crazy for You."

phoenix? huh. have they been mentioned in this thread before lol

I've waited many years for Phoenix to get interesting.

xpost Have they? I haven't read the whole thread, was just curious. Younger daughter (age 8) btw immediately asked if it was the same band that did "Sugar."

oh joshpaws

xpost oh hahaha there's actually a post somewhere upthread where someone lists every band that we've compared them to in this thread, it's a pretty staggering range

That's funny. That might be why it's so much fun, something for everyone. A band like Maroon 5, I'm not sure they bring anything to mind. Maybe suicide.

lol slocki compared them to maroon 5 also

I feel like they mitigate their latent Maroon 5-ness.

true heirs to maroon 5 is a worthy title imo

I compared them to Adam & the Marooned too.

If this album wins the EOY poll it's gonna break ILM like Trump and the GOP.

i mean it's early but it'll almost certainly be my aoty

lol i don't think this has much hope of #1 in our EOY what with the KING album existing and a beyoncé album on the way

this is easily one of the best albums i've heard in the last 5 years

Yeah, I think KING could probably overtake it. Also Blackstar as well.

Or maybe it will just go to HAIM again.

I love the king album but this gets the edge over the king album to me

KING is Marco Rubio. Beyonce is Jeb Bush. Haim is Ted Cruz.

delet this

This is a great album in the best sense. I tried cherrypicking some songs for a playlist to prune the length and that didn't work at all, it's been really thought through and you need it all for the full experience.

I've been persuaded, slightly against my better judgment, to go to another show in Manchester next week by their publicist.

#1 in Amerikay

hello all -- i appeared on my wonderful colleagues crystal + megan's podcast #SWOONSTEP talking about the new album along with a couple other fabulous ladies; forgive me for all my ums, likes, and you knows: http://swoonstep.tumblr.com/post/140747913707/roundtable-the-1975s-i-like-it-when-you-sleep