the 1975

"What Should I Say" with that descending piano motif as well.

Some of this album is kinda like "what if I felt a certain way about jamie xx???"

I think the sequencing issue is really only an issue for the first 5 tracks of Greta - punk - instrumental - wispy garage-ballad - instrumental. After that it seems no more nor less schizoid in sequencing than the previous two albums to me.

― Tim F, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 11:11 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I agree. I think it's a brave and bold choice to have Greta on their signature first track, but I'll be honest and think I'll probably start the album w/ People more often than not.

Some of this album is kinda like "what if I felt a certain way about jamie xx???"

Haha otm

the sequencing doesn't bug me as much now that i'm used to it but the initial stretch up until "jesus christ 2005" is still awkward, especially that very slow opening section tim mentioned. "shiny collarbone" into "if you're too shy" also doesn't work very well at all.

i agree their production gets better and better with every record. it's wild to compare some of the more electronic tracks on the EPs to this record because of how far they've come

i like that the first few songs act as an uneasy progression into reflexive interiorization

the intro to "if you're too shy" coming out of nothing adjacent does really jar, yeah, even tho the sense of sublimated drift when the band comes in makes it ultimately worth that section

i keep marveling at the vocal production throughout in particular

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

4 > 2 > 1 > 3

v close btwn 4 and 2 but NOACF has more tracks yet fewer that I'd class as "not life-changingly amazing" ('don't worry' vs 'love me', 'loving someone', 'she lays down')

actually mad that they've outdone one of my absolute favourite albums ever jeez

also I fully enjoy the sequencing of the opening tracks - so dramatic and cinematic!

yeah I am completely down with how this album gets going, it’s as the end approaches that I feel the dissonance

yeah I meant more that it's only the opening stretch that feels unusual for them - their previous albums all have a clutch of big singles in at least relatively short succession after the opening eponymous track.

I love the greta song, just a random observation

I prob said this before but it makes me think of Dune like it’s a diary entry from the princess irulan

this album is really, really addictive. not sure if i like it as much as the second album but man what a fucking band.

one thing I hate about this band is that their songs are so hard to stack up against one another. is “yeah I know” the best song they’ve ever written? or is it “me and you together song”? whomst can say

what a preposterous fucking album, man. you go and get stoned on your day off, forget some of the tracks at the end until they pop up and you're all "ok, you're gonna go and hit me with a 'tonight' AFTER you've ALREADY given me "roadkill" and "the birthday party"??? and then "if you're too shy" is still to come. embarrassment of riches

look who's cancelled now!!!!!!!

real talk: everyone get off fucking twitter

actually fuck it, let's just keep talking about the album lol. it's really good!

lmao that is extreme nonsense

we should cancel all writers who have linked to their past work during the current situation

what actually "happened"

he said "#blacklivesmatter" and linked the video for "love it if we made it" and apparently got such blowback he deleted his twitter

lmao

doofus move, total overreaction, sounds about right.

hahahahaha

matty = perpetual 22 year old who has somehow forgotten that he’s now in his 30’s lol

i have burning desire to hear "tonight (i wish i was your boy)" chopped & screwed with some houston legend like say big moe (rip) riffing over it

Having No Head bangs like The Social Network soundtrack and you know it

you could make a killer EP out of just the uk garage tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4iOeCPv96w

the new no rome track, produced by george, is great

why are we not talking more about this amazing record

Nappieeeeees

happyyyyyyy

today 'I Think There's Something You Should Know' is the best song ever.
channeling some 'Menswear' vibes.

you guys are the best thing that ever happened to me

closest reference point i've come up with yet for the kitchen-sink eclecticism of this album is super furry animals' guerilla

first three songs in sequence today have me weepy

i feel like the exuberant stylistic promiscuity fits pretty tidily into their agonies and ecstasies of late capitalism thematic

and i seen the girls and they were all like
"do you wanna come and get fucked up?"
listen
i got myself a missus, says there can't be any kissing
"no, don't be a fridge, you better wise up, kid
it’s all adderall now, it doesn't make you wanna do it"

lyrically “the birthday party” is like the entire cosmos of the 1975 mapped out in a single song

also my replacement copy of the record arrived today and it is an awesome radioactive sickly yellow-green color and i’m
listening to it now and it sure sounds like the best album ever

“then because she goes” is like... a portal opens to a universe where every genre of guitar music i love is enfolded into one shimmer

really amazing how the bridge in “roadkill” turns this half-smirk of a song into the most beautiful and romantic thing

the division of the album into four sides is really satisfying

really amazing how the bridge in “roadkill” turns this half-smirk of a song into the most beautiful and romantic thing

still not really into this one but I think I know better why at least. oh well!

lyrically “the birthday party” is like the entire cosmos of the 1975 mapped out in a single song

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson)

'the birthday party' is becoming more and more one of their best songs, for sure.

so, matty is spending quarantine working on new music and writing for a new album.

sure it’ll be out this december 2022

they've been making videos for every song on the record by outsourcing them to different digital artists. some are really uncanny and creepy and some are incredibly awesome. my favorite so far is "shiny collarbone"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXj4XcZBwK4

Wau THAT is the 1975? I'd never have guessed.