the 1975

It doesn't take much for me to dismiss British buzz bands. I've been burned so, so many times (and the funny thing is I usually like the influences those bands are playing with, but they almost never add anything to them)

And I liked that first Bloc Party album, too, but I don't need a second helping of more of the same. British post-punk is some of my favorite music ever, but the revival stuff gets more dire every year

Given my first exposure to the band was listening to the EPs without prior exposure to the singles I'm finding people's reference points really curious even when objectively they make sense - but it's hard for me to conceive of a band who make songs like "Haunt // Bed" or "fallingforyou" as "ripping off Bloc Party".

Oh dear. And I was going to upload the new Franz Ferdinand to my iPod for a plane ride tomorrow.

the fourth song on the new FF is the only good one, DJP!

i can't believe you have any time for franz ferdinand alfred smh, i thought you were proud of your taste

I have a lot of affection for about an album's worth of material.

the fact is, if they had tried to rip off the departure then i would be more interested.

(now thats just bloody weird .. banquet has just dropped on the playlist .. )

Haha lex don't ever look at Alfred's people's list.

The only song by The 1975 that I think sounds like Bloc Party would be "Sex", but that might just be due to my limited understanding of what Bloc Party sounds lke.

"chocolate" is such a great track. not too sure about the rest of the e.p. though

"The City" is pretty Bloc Party, but the resemblance stops after those two tracks.

It doesn't take much for me to dismiss British buzz bands. I've been burned so, so many times (and the funny thing is I usually like the influences those bands are playing with, but they almost never add anything to them)

― Evan R, Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:05 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark

white rose movement!

this album gets pretty dire for me when they slow down the tempo. i'm also puzzled as to how they had enough material to release a deluxe 2 CD EP. also puzzled by all the interludes (and, upon relistening to the paramore album, the interludes there as well).

Haha lex don't ever look at Alfred's people's list.

― Tim F,

ha -- which?

as for this album, I decided this week is okay to meh because I have little patience for adenoids.

The EPs are pretty great, still getting into the album.

Hey, "Sex" is pretty fantastic! Time to try the album...

i'm also puzzled as to how they had enough material to release a deluxe 2 CD EP

idk dayo they've been releasing eps for the past year

pfork review is almost incredibly tone-deaf, so many bridges on this record?

/stan

Yeah slightly unusual song structures is actually a bit of a calling card for them?

My latest favourite thing/s are the "Hey!" punctuation shouts in "Girls".

Maybe Jason was listening to Gypsy and the Cat by mistake.

idk dayo they've been releasing eps for the past year

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

i dunno why i called it a 2 CD EP

but a deluxe 2 CD package seems like something you'd release if you knew that the band wouldn't be around in another year

now embarking on the eps

'haunt/bed' sounds like ar kane, chuck it on the references pile would u sweetheart

Please live blog your reax - I feel like, more than the album, each song on the EPs is like it's own reference point ecosystem.

'so far / it's alright' posits them as black butter's fun boy three

'fallingforyou' gated drums could be anything, i will ambitiously stretch for maybe an imaginary extended 12" mix of peter gabriel / k8 bush 'don't give up'

excuse me while i put that last one on again cos it was really very good

Haha "black butter's fun boy three" is spot on.

"falllngforyou" makes me think of "let's go out tonight"

these fucking eps... i knew they'd be a bit different but i'm just sitting here like

http://i.imgur.com/TnH1c4N.gif

I'm saying, bro.

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

― k3vin k., Friday, August 30, 2013 7:54 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

way too british for shipley right?

― J0rdan S., Friday, August 30, 2013 7:55 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol called it

not that i ever would've even thought to listen to something with this kind of buzz around it but it assaulted my ears in a youtube ad

buzz is mostly itt only it seems like

Do the Brits hate these guys?

idk any new band reviewed on pitchfork is a red flag for me

pitchfork mostly dislike them it seems

#stoppedclock

#irony

#burn

What a horrible sound this band have.

xpost Brits hate them so much the album went straight in at No 1

that's prob just from the amount of ilx mentions it's got. they count those now.

i listened to the EPs expecting to have rtc levels of revelation, but i just ended up liking all the same songs i liked off the lp. which is to say, i think this band has produced a really solid EP's worth of songs but not much more.

i will ambitiously stretch for maybe an imaginary extended 12" mix of peter gabriel / k8 bush 'don't give up'

my entire thesis

count me in altho I'm most just in love with "Chocolate" and "The City" right now

that neon skyline shriek over the chorus to 'the city' is something i can never get enough of. when you realise it's not skins but akira

plus, plus those fuckin drumz. rick rubin and juan atkins couldn't have co-produced it better

Minus the few interludestrumentals, I'd have to go with this atm:

The City > Girls > Heart Out > Chocolate > Sex > Menswear > Pressure > Settle Down > M.O.N.E.Y. > Robbers > Talk > Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You > She Way Out

is it just me or does anybody else hear philly boy roy in the vocals to "chocolate"?

Wasn't paying any attention to these guys til I heard "Sex" a few weeks ago. The album is a lot more restrained and mid tempo than the single would suggest, so consider me disappointed upon my first listen. I'll give it another shot, though.

Just interviewed Matt Healy. Really interesting young guy; very vivid and passionate - desperate to explain himself, and his music. Completely unashamed about wanting to make big pop music. And really concerned about the responsibilities- which he obviously hadn't foreseen - that come with becoming a big pop star who kids think is a fount of wisdom. Enjoyed the show at Bowery Ballroom last night; going again tonight.