there are three?
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link
anyway if anything they were the moments i knew this record was really stretching out
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
People seem to keep missing the 30 seconds of vocals on the title track xp
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
oh alfred what do you think of "this must be my dream"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
the melody on 'a change of heart' that sounds like it's played on a kazoo or something cracks me up.
― tpp, Thursday, 25 February 2016 22:51 (eight years ago) link
"this must be my dream" isn't one of my favs, "paris" makes up for it tho
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 February 2016 23:17 (eight years ago) link
75 minutes? this is the sex & the city 2 of albums. someone pls post their preferred edit
― cozen, Thursday, 25 February 2016 23:22 (eight years ago) link
every track is essential
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 February 2016 23:35 (eight years ago) link
this makes me think of 'in ghost colors'
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 26 February 2016 00:22 (eight years ago) link
The lyrics of "This Must Be My Dream" are pretty confusing but I'm assuming that the references to "I can't wait for you boy" in the chorus are sung from the perspective of the hypothesised girlfriend, not from Matt to another guy.
― Tim F, Friday, 26 February 2016 00:26 (eight years ago) link
(structurally)
better than 'in ghost colors,' though
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 26 February 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link
I could do without the acoustic tracks at the end (though the lyrics to "She Lays Down" are great)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 26 February 2016 00:41 (eight years ago) link
yeah i feel that. those songs are very personal & the album is so generous up to that point that they feel warranted tho.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 February 2016 01:32 (eight years ago) link
those two are probably the least essential tracks but I wouldn't say they're inessential with the way the album progresses as Tim had mentioned. I don't really know what else the album could end with except maybe the title track? Normally I'd agree with Simon that a track like Nana would be better somewhere earlier in the album as a palate cleanser but I don't think there's really space for it anywhere else on this.
― ufo, Friday, 26 February 2016 01:48 (eight years ago) link
I love what this band has gotten away with: selling the ILM 2016 conception of good pop.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 February 2016 01:59 (eight years ago) link
"nana" is stunning imo in a very similar way to "paris" the latter burying unbelievable animosity in a kind of sweet swaying "only you" facsimile and the former embedding unbelievable grief in a very gentle setting
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 26 February 2016 04:25 (eight years ago) link
anyway can't imagine being lukewarm on "this must be my dream," the alexander o'neal jam of the record
oh re: what I said about "Paris" and "nana": not that those concepts are in any way inherently opposed
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 26 February 2016 04:27 (eight years ago) link
anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSnAllHtG70
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 26 February 2016 04:57 (eight years ago) link
OMG.
The second half of this.
― Tim F, Friday, 26 February 2016 05:13 (eight years ago) link
"They're essentially making robotic Huey Lewis tunes."
"Unconvincing emo lyrics"
i love how the real choir on "if i believe you" rubs up against the blast of sound that in the second verse that sounds kinda like a choir but also sounds like a hole being blown open in an airplane
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 February 2016 05:22 (eight years ago) link
that song is...... incredibly good
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 February 2016 05:23 (eight years ago) link
taken from a real village voice headline
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 26 February 2016 05:26 (eight years ago) link
I hope all the quotes are real.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 26 February 2016 05:27 (eight years ago) link
yeah these all seemed very specifically sourced. Nice touch when they start syncing with the piano line too.
My only criticism is that the brief bit where it switches and the band is in seats watching the audience behind the glass (thankfully not expanded on) threatens to make the whole thing a bit "DO YOU SEE!?!?!?!"
― Tim F, Friday, 26 February 2016 05:28 (eight years ago) link
YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE IN THE BOXES
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 26 February 2016 05:30 (eight years ago) link
WE ARE JUDGING YOU JUDGING US
― Tim F, Friday, 26 February 2016 05:35 (eight years ago) link
Great vid, a little on the nose yeah but w/e f the haters
― Spottie, Friday, 26 February 2016 05:38 (eight years ago) link
damn that is a GREAT video
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 February 2016 05:44 (eight years ago) link
This alb isnt quite as immediate as the debut for me but thats probably a good thing
― Spottie, Friday, 26 February 2016 05:44 (eight years ago) link
It's much more immediate IMO!
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 26 February 2016 06:25 (eight years ago) link
I'm trying to think of examples of where acts have done this before (directly confront and flaunt the standard criticisms of the band in the video clip) - excluding obvious cases of humble-bragging.
The only ones that spring to my mind immediately are No Doubt's "Don't Speak" and then Taylor's "Blank Space", and even then the sourced criticisms weren't directly about the quality of their music (and carried a strong implicit message that "I'm/we're not really like that").
― Tim F, Friday, 26 February 2016 06:35 (eight years ago) link
Agree with Spottie that it's not as immediate. I've done two listens, but so far only "She's American" and "If I Believe You" have really stuck with me (beyond the songs released before the album). I'm compelled to keep listening though, feels like there's a lot to uncover
― Vinnie, Friday, 26 February 2016 08:51 (eight years ago) link
Going to pat myself on the back for the final par of my review of the first album:
What first appears to be a weakness for the 1975 might turn out to be a strength. You wouldn't call theirs the most distinctive of sounds: you can point to almost all the elements of most any song here and tell where it came from. If that suggests there's still some musical character to be formed, it also means there's space to form it: they haven't got the curse of the sui generis band, condemned always to churn out decreasingly exciting simulacrums of their original statement. For the 1975, what comes next might be even better.
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Friday, 26 February 2016 10:48 (eight years ago) link
― Tim F, Friday, February 26, 2016 1:35 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
didn't The 1975 already do that with the "Girls" video really? i can think of a lot videos like that. especially Fall Out Boy videos ("I Don't Mind" in particular). or N Sync's "It's Gonna Be Me."
still on my first listen of the album but it's pretty awesome so far.
― some dude, Friday, 26 February 2016 14:23 (eight years ago) link
The sampled choir in "If I Believe You" after Healy talk-sings "I had a revelation" made me laugh out loud.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 February 2016 14:35 (eight years ago) link
I guess it would have been better if this had some late night ambient synth ballads in the vein of fallingforyou (or maybe a Saturday Night?) to close the album, instead of the stripped down acoustic ballads. It's generous enough as it is though so I'm not really complaining.
the Girls video was more reacting to their fanbase than critics I think, apparently it was inspired by their fanbase thinking they'd bowed to label pressure because they made a music video in colour.
― ufo, Friday, 26 February 2016 14:48 (eight years ago) link
so apparently this isn't hitting spotify for a couple more weeks, UGH! is right...
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Friday, 26 February 2016 15:22 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VQQon3Z.png
― gr8080, Friday, 26 February 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
Fucking careerists.
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Friday, 26 February 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
Matty Healy picks his favorite '80s records (note: Contains music not actually released in the 1980s)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 26 February 2016 18:00 (eight years ago) link
"how to draw" is another lovely almost-instrumental
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 26 February 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link
my mum wants this album for mother's day <3
― uberweiss, Friday, 26 February 2016 19:59 (eight years ago) link
it's the best album of all time btw idc
& disregarding the acoustic tracks at the end is gross & offensive to me lol. they are ripping my heart out
"i don't like it now you're dead, it's not the same when i scratch my own head"
― uberweiss, Friday, 26 February 2016 20:02 (eight years ago) link
I'm a lesbian kissI'm an evangelist
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 26 February 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
i do feel comfortable saying this is one of the best albums of the decade
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 February 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
i posted this lyric upthread but got it wrong and it's even better than i thought:
"your brain was last seengoing for a runand would you sign an autographfor my daughter laura?'cause she adores youbut i think you're shit"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 26 February 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
I love it how their idea of stating that they don't care what people say about them is to make a high budget video full of negative things that people have said about them. Keep on "not giving a fuck", guys, but on the plus side I guess they've finally made a video with content that I actually agree with. No doubt there'll be a wave of actual good music coming along in a couple of years that will render this band irrelevant and knock them off their perch, and to be quite honest, I'm very much looking forward to that being the case.
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Friday, 26 February 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link