the 1975

omg "What Should I Say". this song is such a jam. and I'm only now realizing that the band rarely do minor key songs, right?

Didn’t think I liked this band, but I like this. Should I go back and revisit the two last ones?

― Mule, Friday, May 22, 2020 3:45 AM (two hours ago

yes! and the debut

i actually can't think of a single minor key song they've done apart from "what should i say"

don't forget the EPs

the further back you go in their albums, the more they sound like "if you're too shy" so unless you really don't like that one go for it

― ufo, 22. mai 2020 10:20 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is interesting, I really like that one. Maybe I could have liked them all along? I remember not responding to the last one at all.

Will do a review this weekend

Certainly few where it's clearly a minor key xp they have some like "Somebody Else" which are ambiguous

"somebody else" is lydian i think? but i'm no expert

I'm not that great with theory either but I think whether it's a major key, minor key, or Lydian mode just depends on what you think the tonic is

... running away with me

hit that shit go hit that shit

I listened to the singles on the last album too much before the album released and so didn't ever really come appreciate that album beyond the singles; so this time I resolved to listen to the album only come release date. all I want to say for now is that "If You're Too Shy" is excellent & the verses sound like a sped-up version of "Run Like Hell" by PINK FLOYD RULES

"bagsy not in net" is the most beautiful piece of music ever made

do you wanna leave at
the same time?

the interplay between the harp and the strings on "the end" <3

when matty actually sings 'fraiiil state of mind' in the bridge. a moment

it doesn't get better than "you make a little hobby out of going to the lobby to get things that they don't have / does it go THROUGHYA" onwards in 'the birthday party'

whole song is perfect, but that last minute is just madness

"bagsy not in net" is the most beautiful piece of music ever made

― uberweiss, Friday, May 22, 2020 11:00 AM (forty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is how i feel, may it rip open an interdimensional genre hole that is just remixes of "sailing"

i listened to one guided by voices album like 10 years ago but "then because she goes" reminds me of them for some reason. just like this short burst of a song. it's gorgeous. also i personally think the sequencing on this is amazing lol

I can't imagine listening to most of this often but it's definitely impressive, they're reaaaally good stylistic mimics. I love pretty much all of the UK garage-y tracks.

'What Should I Say' feels like it was written right after hearing Kanye's 'Fade'.

'Me & You Together Song' is both fascinating & repellent as a pastiche (of what exactly, Oasis and certain '90s corporate alt-pop?), with that over-swung rhythm feel that's really gross.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75sjpkIcnBk

this is great

i follow way too many dummies on twitter who think they're so above giving this band a chance or any positive attention

its funny how they were too pop for the haters originally and now theyre too pretentious art rock nonsense or whatever

I find this band to be a hard sell to my friends. listening to this album reminds me of the experience of listening to music as a teenager. not sure if those two things are related

Until now, I did not realize that Tonight also is based around a sample of Hiroshi Sato's Say Goodbye, as well as the aforementioned Temptations sample.

Why isn't anyone talking about the song Matty did with his dad, am I the only softy in here

the end of "roadkill" has me imagining him writing a song for little big town

yes

best 2 opening songs ever lmao

A quick playlist.

"bagsy not in net" is what i imagine the unreleased air france uk garage album sounds like

does matty know about air france

ok let's do this

intro into People is actually amazing lol

and then a completely baffling instrumental lol i see they're going for some sort of total-fragmentation vibe

I thought “the end (music for cars)” was a little trite the first time I heard it but I’m into it now

this sort of negotiates its way through various fragmented & intense moods to a complete freakout/breakdown at around nothing revealed/everything denied -> tonight (i wish i was your boy), v intrigued how it negotiates its way back (or if it does)

"If You're Too Shy" is the song I'm gonna listen to a million times

'shiny collarbone' continues to exist within the madness, this is all building up to 'if you're too shy' isn't it

yes, after which the true breakdown happens imo

this feels like the true expansion/refinement of ILIWYS (for example 'if you're too shy' is reminiscent of 'change of heart', 'she's american' AND 'this must be my dream' but approached from a new, slightly grander angle), last album shd have been the Love It If We Made It EP ;)

[whichever of the lesser singles you prefer]
how to draw/petrichor
LIIWMI
[whichever of the deep cuts you inexplicably love]
i always wanna die (sometimes)

i digress

rn i'm just thinking about how good "the birthday party" is

:)

these last few tracks feel really confident, like something has been overcome. like they're drawing power from the madness, or that they're okay with it. the basslines are very emphatic

i feel like it's less of a refinement of ILIWYS and more of an explosion of it. the coherent widescreen emotional arc of ILIWYS has been blown up, leaving behind extreme fragmentation. i still don't really like or get the sequencing but i can't deny it's interesting

'the end' and 'roadkill' were the weird tonal jumps for me, everything else has sort of made sense, but i expect those to make sense as well eventually

i love the way matty sings "i'm just a BUSY GUY" in "roadkill" so much lol

great closer, great album. their best

throw this entire band in jail if they don’t release a 20 minute cut of “then because she goes”

i never fucked in a car, i was lying
i do it on my bed, lying down, not trying

"playing on my mind" is the sort of song they've done several times before ("nana", "she lays down") that I've just never been able to settle into

"what should I say" !!!!!!

this is their “wowed zowee”. incredible album