the 1975

I'm jealous of how much you guys are liking them, I can hear that I should be into it but they remind me too much of every tool hanging out at the Old Blue Last (which I have no reason to believe is a fair assessment) for me to listen with adequately open ears.

holy shit this description is PERFECT

yeah the reason i find them pretty novel is i don't have a precedent for a hybridization of emo and '80s r&b

The instinctive aversion of people with taste kinda makes me enjoy them more? idk

poor ithappens then ..

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review

I'M NOT YOUR TYPICAL STONED 18 YEAR OLD

HAS HE GOT ENOUGH WEED NO BROKEN PHONE RETCHING ON THE FLOOR ALONE

why are you singling him out is it because of his race

streaming!: http://www.thefader.com/2013/08/30/stream-1975s-self-titled-debut-album/

*rubs hands*

"is there somebody who can watch you" sorta on that spare piano mark hollis tip

They sound like any multitude of bands you'd see covered by Alternative Press.

Just turned in my AP review this morning, ha ha. It'll be on their website early next week.

i'm curious as to your take on it phil. looking forward to the review

I'm curious how AP's readers will respond to it, since to me this album sounds super '80s - I reference Wang Chung, Fun Boy Three, General Public and John Hughes movie soundtracks.

this is the best album of all time (only halfway through)

yep

this is the best album of all time (only halfway through)

yep

streaming tears of joy

push your lack of chest out
look at my hair
gotta love the way you love yourself

your obsession with rocks and brown and fucking the whole town is a reflection on your mental health

what's with shipley's silence on these kids?

way too british for shipley right?

yeah that was my thought too

"settle down" btw, man

the percussion cadence in "pressure" reminds me of "steal my sunshine"

hi what'd I miss??

feel like this thread is made for me

all my ILX and real life bros are defending this thing, so I'm downloading now

I'm loving "Heart Out", though it does make me want to start singing the lyrics of "This Must Be The Place" on top of it.

what's with shipley's silence on these kids?

― k3vin k., Friday, August 30, 2013 4:54 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've got the Shipley's covered on this one.

Missing the more ambient, drifting tracks from the EP's.

Those are cool n all but this album is something special. No complaints at all.

I think the second half is even better than the first half.

"menswear" is an excellent hybrid of the ambient drifting stuff and the stuff on the album so it's hard for me to miss that aspect

also "menswear" is literally about going to a wedding in a remote location and not being able to find drugs and therefore getting piss drunk

Oh, I was hoping it was a subtle jab at Scott Schuman.

I listened to one of their songs on YouTube
Sounded like John Mayer

lol

I can hear some (electric) Neon in this actually.

also "menswear" is literally about going to a wedding in a remote location and not being able to find drugs and therefore getting piss drunk

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, August 30, 2013 9:55 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha, Menswear is a jam. I didn't think it was going to go anywhere beyond what it was doing but that abrupt drop is perfect.

The first few listens didn't do much for me beyond Sex, The City, and Settle Down but after listening to it on my "good" headphones instead of the ones I usually use, ones where the right earpiece falls off the band if I tilt my head too far to the right because I didn't tape it well enough, anyway, I listened to this on decent headphones and I'm suddenly enjoying it a lot more.

Yeah, the absence of the ambient stuff isn't anything like a deal breaker, since the album is so focussed and most tracks are total pop songs with big hooks.

"girls" is pure bliss

aoty/d/c/m

Maybe it's that the atmosphere and melodies on the EPs felt a bit more open-ended and exploratory, so there was more space for imagining what kind of style they were putting together. Need to listen to the album a few more times, but it's certainly more snapped together.

like in "girls" i think the chorus has just finished but no that was just the pre-chorus and the massive hook is still to come. and the extended instrumental outro like omgggggggggggg

I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SALVATION IN THE SECULAR AGE BUT GIRL I'M NOT YOUR SAAAAAAVIOR

So good. While I love the ambient stuff, I don't miss it on the album (plus, it's not hard to have a separate playlist of those tracks - I just hope they do more EPs rather than go entirely in the direction of the album).

I think you mean "Selected Wham!bient Works, 8.5" - 9.2""

― Tim F, Monday, August 12, 2013 11:01 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just felt like that needed to be reposted.

I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SALVATION IN THE SECULAR AGE BUT GIRL I'M NOT YOUR SAAAAAAVIOR

― prolego, Saturday, 31 August 2013 10:09 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

aight this line sold me, i'm going in

damn son who produced this shit it's stellar

I've not heard a note of this band but this is... not the selection of posters I expected to see repping.