the 1975

matty is my best friend how dare u

more like Turriconspiracytheory

I like the idea that making records writers like, then answering questions honestly and at length is a cunning media masterplan. As opposed to what every journalist hopes artists would do. Frankly, I'd have more respect for him if he made shit records and then refused to speak in interviews.

tim healy's media game is so strong that he's being upstaged by a jar of pickled eggs in that screencap

of course he knew exactly what he was doing

It's the cunningly making good music so people will like his band that I find really offensive.

― Tim F, Sunday, October 11, 2015 8:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Their music and their image also reek of calculation to the Nth degree. It's not so much that they're "cunningly making good music", more that the music and image of the band seem so carefully constructed and cynically crafted that it's impossible to separate the music from the target marketing. In a way, they're doing exactly what Coldplay were doing on X&Y, making the type of hollow superficial music that is designed to push the buttons of a particular demographic in a superficial and unchallenging way while dressing it up and packaging it as if it's something much more than that in the hope that other demographics will be swayed by it, and I include music journalists in that. Shrewd.

"Do you like One Direction? Then you'll love our haircuts and posing!"
"Did you like Joy Division? Then you'll love our black and white photos and our serious posing! We've heard of The Blue Nile too, so please take us seriously!"
"Are you a socially awkward teenager who sulks and writes bad poetry? Then you'll love the title of our new album!"
"Does life suck? Well, let the son of two jobbing UK TV entertainers explain to you just how much life can suck! I used to be massive cokehead, y'know. Yeah. I was in a position where I could afford that shit."

I like the idea that making records writers like, then answering questions honestly and at length is a cunning media masterplan. As opposed to what every journalist hopes artists would do.

Yes, and I'm sure Mr. Healy is completely well aware of the fact that this is what every journalist hopes artists would do, and that's ultimately why he's doing it.

These calculating bastards. Thanks for saving us from falling into their trap.

Do you realise that someone could make exactly the same argument about Chvrches if they felt like it? The only difference is that you like Chvrches.

man ppl get so mad when teenage girls like a rock band

yh srsly yr embarrassing yrself here turrers chum

just keep it simple - they've been given insider leg-ups all the way, their banal as fuck bourgie wilmslow upbringing has birthed wide-eyed teensy pop-rock with insane production values owing to their enviable connections. like it or not they are uk pop royalty now, and ilx is a bastion of pop monarchism, go figure

Yup, that too, although I refuse to be (and am in no way) embarrassed about my dislike of this band.

man ppl get so mad when teenage girls like a rock band

― adam, Monday, October 12, 2015 2:59 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Your words, not mine. Gender has nothing to do with it.

"Do you like tiresome back and forths about authenticity in music? Then you'll love this ILM thread!"

What connections and insider leg-ups have they benefitted from? I don't know enough about The 1975's rise but it doesn't seem like Healy's parents would have much sway in the music industry.

the band did have a 6 month residency on Loose Women tbf

SKOA Shey: So, let's start simple, what made you guys want to start out as a band, you all started recording together quite young didn't you?

Matt Healy: Yeah, well me personally, my Dad's friends were in quite big bands, my Dad used to knock about with Dire Straights and things like that in the 80's. So I knew a lot of that crowd when I was a kid, so I suppose that was the first thing that I wanted to do, we just started playing in punk bands when we were 13/14.

It is to his credit that he does not hide the nepotism, I guess

so mark knopfler twanged a few strings for him

tbf my dad lent Squeeze his gear once

also had crucial early exposure in the Macclesfield Express

http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/local-news/auf-weidersehen-hello-pop-idol-2543673

His renditions of The La's 'There She Goes' and the Oasis classic 'Don't Look Back in Anger' had the crowds heaving in the school's main hall.

I read

"enviable connections"

and I read

"son of two jobbing UK TV entertainers"

I thinkthose people were arguing the same point

Stretching the definition of nepotism there.

Given that they'd been together in one form or another for years before getting a deal, the nepotism didn't work all that well.

And, yes, they have an image. I thought pretty much all bands did. Has that become a bad thing now?

By the way, Turrican, could you tell us the truth about what happened on 9/11?

http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/local-news/auf-weidersehen-hello-pop-idol-2543673

― strictly dream-bait fit for moon-gazing (soref), Monday, 12 October 2015 18:14 Bookmark

jpeg should be album cover

the nine eleven-teen seventy five

it's about ethics in music journalism, duh

i like how he's holding a proper power chord for the pose, must have hurt his fingers a bit

afaict they had great, extremely insistent pr around the time the sex ep came out, that was probably a factor

they'd been together in one form or another for years before getting a deal

Well, it's apparent they were biding their time until they'd got their calculators out and perfected the optimum formula for their name, music, image, presentation, interview technique etc. I'm sure they were shrewd enough to realise that they'd only really have one shot once they got to a certain level, because christ did people like to remind Viva Brother that they used to be Kill The Arcade, so they took their time calculating and preparing everything to give the impression that they'd arrived fully formed. Very shrewd move to totally think things through like that.

the 1975 is a terrible band name

it is, yet somehow we're past it now. the usual reference point for this phenomenon being "the beatles" obv

in the 90s i had a theory that the worse the title of the techno record, the better the music was

that theory worked for stuff like sweet exorcist's clonk's coming

they used to call themselves the slow down which is actually worse

if they were any good at naming things I'd be a lot more charitable

the tracklist for their first album is some proper nails down chalkboard shit for me

gonna go ahead and predict the tracklist for album 2

Great
Relationships
Love Me
Not Yours
With You
Harmony
Y.O.U.T.H.
The Bible
Maximum
Yours
Party Feel
Now So Madly

I just heard these guys a few months ago, but I really dig their videos and sound. Looking forward to their new record.

very shrewd move to totally think things through like that

they used to call themselves the slow down which is actually worse

also drivelikeido

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28XPsc3EztQ

oh here's a youtube channel of all their pre 1975 recordings lolll http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB0r7wF7LdTONmWL5ljVW2Q

oversight from tracklist: Love You

imago have you ever listened to "haunt // bed"

Should have called it Shrewd Moves

Lyrics to this are truly ridic.

the 1975 is a superlatively dope name for a band that sounds like 80's music imo

I think it's very important this band has a "The" in their name.

imago have you ever listened to "haunt // bed"

― Tim F, Monday, October 12, 2015 8:50 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

o hey they can do mbv-inflected balearic vibez q well, reminds me of Strategy a bit (were u a fan? surely)

haha shit, they're not only still around but they had an album out this year