the 1975

theyve made great acoustic tracks

their best acoustic track since their last single

Oh i was thinking of Nana, She Lays Down and Be My Mistake as their past acoustic songs, I thought they were all pretty universally considered meh here? I guess The Birthday Party is technically acoustic too but it's not, like, acoustic in that bare, minimalist, stripped-down sense

team “nana” is great

agreed. i just listened it and it always wreck me.

102!

Paris is acoustic right? also great

there's an acoustic version of "paris" they released on youtube which is better than the original

their previous acoustic studio tracks ("nana", "she lays down", "be my mistake", "surrounded by heads and bodies", "102") are all fine but i wouldn't call any great

"the birthday party" doesn't really fit in the mould of the rest so i'm not counting it but it's one of their absolute best imo, the sophisti-country sound of it feels like something only they could do instead of just being a well-executed pastiche like it could have been

glad to see “102” mentioned! I’ve been listening to it all the time recently, it’s in my POX now

i do really love "nana" and "surrounded by heads and bodies." "jesus christ 2005 god bless america" is better than both tho.

this is one of their best songs ever

https://polyvinylrecords.bandcamp.com/track/me-the-1975

wonderful cover of me by owen. that happening feels kinda full circle

awakebutstillinbed also covered it this week, coincidentally

the song kill for love by chromatics is a kind of 1975 song

“If You’re Too Shy” coming next week, I’m fuckin perched

yessss

the studio version of "if you're too shy"..... overwhelmingly powerful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jQ7Jyb-j8A

it's mixed in a way that is making me feel insane but i like that the song crosses into SNL band territory at certain points, it's a super cheesy song

feels to me like they've perfected the john hughes soundtrack cut aesthetic of the first record

"heart out" goes to the prom

i was expecting something super clean like "she's american" but this is a bit wonkier than i expected off the live performances

god "the birthday party" is so fucking good

I’m not too shy at all, Matty

I'VE BEEN
wearing nothing every time i
CALL YOU
and i'm starting to feel weird about it

LOVE "if you're too shy"

sooo gooooood ugh this band

this is my lifebelt.

sounds like they mixed it to stand out in a current pop environment like the bass is extra heavy

i suppose i could quibble w the mix. like the horns could be brighter/sharper ? but that seems to miss the point

feels to me like they've perfected the john hughes soundtrack cut aesthetic of the first record

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:54 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

"heart out" goes to the prom

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:56 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

I love you for this

can’t wait to listen

i love love love the weird instrumental intro bit!

that weird instrumental bit is a conciser version of their instrumentals imo

wish Love, Simon were re-released with "If You're Too Shy" as a non-diegetic piece in one of those eyeing-you-from-afar scenes.

it's all kinda smushed together into a granola bar of sound to me but w/e that's most music is now

i sort of like the symmetry of them doing another john hughes-y song but about avatar sex, stuff like "weird science" as a subtextual influence

This is amazing

The 1975 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> John Hughes

“Weird Science” is a great reference point for this.

o theres an official video of sorts

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

its also, and maybe this is so obvious its not worth mentioning, extremely Prince

'i could never take the place of your man'

yes

yep "I could never take the place of your man" is the first song I thought about too. god this song fucking rules

the chugging bass part makes me more sure i want to see them get into wax trax

"Well, I found the hotel/I called up the twins/It's seven in the morning so they won't let me in" is sharp writing.

one of us!

true or false:

the current 1975 listening cru is actually the the-dream listening cru reconstituted

― k3vin k., Wednesday, May 17, 2017 2:29 PM (two years ago)

oh god yes