the 1975

funny, my bf could never stand them and now notes is the only he likes. i do think it hits specific genre points like shoegaze, country, garage, folk, soul that can appeal to a certain sorta listener. (i've made the point before that the album is sort of like record collector chic.) but the barrier for entry (caring about this band) is still a hurdle, there's no way he ever would've listened to it w/o me playing it in his presence.

for as much as you could (or we have) put 'i like it when you sleep' in the same bucket as sprawling wall splatter, in retrospect it feels like a completely natural outgrowth of album 1 and the EPs, leaning hard into 80s pop and then expanding a bit from within that (i.e. INXS rip offs, a bit more synth-pop in "somebody else"). i can see why one would not like that album for the same reasons they didn't like the previous music, but then find a way into notes. one of my biggest takeaways from relistening to all the albums recently is how tight 'i like it when you sleep' feels to me as an album now

seeing them at their Toronto stop and even if their new one is a clunker (you never know!), excited to see Notes songs live

i like it when you sleep was a real expansion of their sound and ambition at the time - some of it was a fairly natural increased focus on synths, but there was also "if i believe you", the title track, and "please be naked" into "lostmyhead". it's still my favourite, the sequencing has a very cinematic feel and there's not many other pop albums that go through a tunnel and come out the other side like it does

notes has a ton of their very best material but the sequencing is a total mess, i'd still put it at #2 but i never want to listen to it in sequence

i think i characterised notes as undergoing a psychotic break around halfway through (or was it throughout) - it feels like an incredibly ambitious feat of deliberately-jarring sequencing and constant sabotage

the sequencing is actively hostile yeah

I spend part of my time in a music listening world where The 1975 are reviled. I'm not one of them. I love their great songs. But I feel guilty that I'm in the minority here. To my ears they haven't recorded an album that isn't bloated with noodling instrumentals I'd as soon never hear again. But in the last nine years they've written at least a dozen songs better than any rock bands. So I keep trying.

i guess the difference between soto and deep-space soto is that i find them much more compelling as an albums band than a singles band, and my interest in them is mostly an interest in the perverse architecture & sheer adventure of albums 2 and 4. i mean sure 'love it if we made it' is a wonderful bit of grandstanding and they have a few other banger singles, but

Looks like we need a poll.

the first album doesn't have any extended instrumentals and i'd be a little surprised if the new one does

but again, managing to fit "please be naked" into "lostmyhead" in the middle of iliwys, to be in effect a 10 minute post-rock suite there, is part of what makes this band so great

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch5naEoMYKJ/

matty just posted a new track on instagram that's not on the album - "loads of crisps"

https://www.reddit.com/r/the1975/comments/x1vy65/via_mattys_story_new_ep_of_demos_to_be_released/

some sort of demos comp might be on the way, but matty also says a lot of shit that doesn't eventuate because he changes plans so we'll see. no idea if "loads of crisps" is related to that at all

i'm in love with youuuuuu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVzVUDXoi0Y

absolute dream of a song

the way they're mixing/mastering this album is a bit of a hurdle for me, there's an openness and clarity of vocals in the live version of this that i'm missing. that having been said, it's a wonderful song and the bridge really makes it

I liked the first two singles more but this one is still a pretty song

this one's just fine but there's nothing to be excited about

j0rd otm, esp about that bridge

agree too

Love this new one even if (perhaps because?) it is doing nothing new - it feels like a tune from Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Mirage’.

oh yes absolutely

Tim, I will always love you for hearing Fleetwood Mac's Mirage in the hum of car engines, the chirping of birds, and the rumbling of washing machines.

Heard the 1975 on the radio this morning, maybe for the first time, and interestingly enough it was on the broadly/blandly "eclectic" station. It was "Part of the Band" (introduced iirc as "breaking new ground for the 1975," because it was so "lush"), followed by songs by Zeppelin, the Strokes, etc. (This is the station that plays DMB *and* Wet Leg, Cheap Trick and Japanese Breakfast.) I guess it makes sense, because the 1975 could fit in almost anywhere, though also "Part of the Band" isn't particularly representative of the group, imo, so I wonder what people expecting more of the same might think of the album.

So wait, did Jack Antonoff produce the whole album, or have credits not been revealed yet?

iirc there was some indication that he didn't do every track? but full credits aren't out yet

I looked on Wiki, and at first I thought he had just produced the three singles so far, but then I noticed those were the only songs with production credits listed. Though curiously (or perhaps incompletely) Antonoff is *not* listed as a co-writer. There's that quote that was in the Pitchfork feature:

Healy also makes it clear that he’s always the one in full creative control—of production, songwriting, performances. “Everything the 1975 does, I write.” He laughs softly. “No one touches the lyrics.”

the full writing credits are out, just not production credits. he doesn't have any writing credits

the band or Matty not sure are on the new episode of the How Long Gone podcast

trying to confirm whether it's the band or just Matty but i'm still at the long-winded intro

i do not get the appeal of the hosts or this popular-among-certain-circles podcast whatsoever

like do you have to be irl friends with them to care about these two hosts or

it's Matty and George

How Long Gone achieving the previously unthinkable: making Matty Healy sound boring

great podcast

ahah HLG as divisive as The 1975.

I think the pod is great but it takes a few eps to get a feel for their personalities and suss out when they're being serious or doing a bit/trolling.

I think Jason is a legitimately great host and interviewer. been following since his Tall Tales podcast, the best episodes of which were always 1 on 1s with Chris Black. long time coming.

I just saw a random video of Justin from the Darkness having a more or less real time epiphany listening to "Part of the Band."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnLYi6aNaQc

anza, oh it's not hard to figure out when they're serious or not, they're just not v good at either

fuck, the new song is gorgeous and simple

best of the new tracks

they choose specifically the days I need to cry all over.
this band...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YDyhUh2xrU

eh they've done this better before

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

oh the video is a live version, here's the studio

new one not really doing anything for me, but these minimalist ballads are always my least favorite of their songs

like a much better version of "mine"

matty posted a clip of a song for the drive like i do project he is supposedly putting out on IG story. 90s alt rock cosplay produced w/ one beabadoobee’s guys. it sounds amazing

https://www.reddit.com/r/the1975/comments/xkzv4q/holy_fuck_ive_literally_been_living_for_this/

here's the clips

random but you know a song I feel like they could like...interpolate or catch a vibe from, is Prince's "Since You Were Mine"

matty posted a clip of a song for the drive like i do project he is supposedly putting out on IG story. 90s alt rock cosplay produced w/ one beabadoobee’s guys. it sounds amazing

― J0rdan S., Thursday, September 22, 2022 3:09 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

https://www.reddit.com/r/the1975/comments/xkzv4q/holy_fuck_ive_literally_been_living_for_this/

here's the clips

― ufo, Thursday, September 22, 2022 3:12 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

3rd eye b1975nd is back

Usually don't like their acoustic tracks as much, but "All I Need to Hear" was a gorgeous listen, the live version anyway

And yeah I know it's not really acoustic, I got lazy with the description haha

Is it just me or is this giving Beyoncé's sandcastles vibes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkaiW_JnH8

Someone went an ranked every single song released to date and because I could possibly do this myself:

https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best

ok that list is immediately terrible because "pressure" is the best track on the debut, wtf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZvF2YEkA_Q

god that is a chaotic list