the 1975

i wanted to give "UGH!" a [9] but couldn't find the right words :(

the score is better than I expected anyway. great blurbs too

shit music

def my fav single of theirs so far

oh BABY won't u come again

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03fh4fl

see, that one I couldn't even finish.

it's not about reciprocation it's just all about ME

i recommend getting to the solo

The Sound is kinda amazing.

sounds a little generic coming off "ugh!" but it really builds

also it sounds thin as a radio rip but i bet the studio version will be better

yeah it sounds like there's a lot of details that don't come through fully in this rip, but this is probably their best single yet. I love all the production on the new tracks so much, it's all much more detailed and polished than the debut.

managed to get a ticket to see them in two days, very excited

still agog at the Walk The Moon tangent in this thread lol

xp yeah i ended up electing not to go to this tour as when the tickets went on sale there was no new music and i did see them in jan '15. really regret that now!

I'm not mad about The Sound. But, seriously, wait till you hear The Ballad of Me and Brain, If I Believe You, Paris … Be interesting to see what you all make of She Lays Down, which is a one-take acoustic guitar ballad, that sounds not unlike Big Star. When I first heard it, Matthew was planning to gussy it up, add an extra verse, rerecord it, but everyone in the room – manager, producer, publicist, me – was saying JUST LEAVE IT! DON'T TOUCH IT! It's beautiful. Sorry for being an in-the-know wanker, but I've known these songs now for months and been unable to talk about them to anyone …

matt healy has this great ability to sum up my life in three minutes songs. i can't deal with it.

and the solo is just <3

the studio version is on spotify ... the way that this is kinda like hyperspeed house kinda reminds me of like a dj mustard beat

i love the lyrics so much

i thought that you were straight, now i'm wonderin'

The guitar solo is so "Digital Love", I love it.

yeah it all feels pretty daft punk, which is not the vibe i got from the live videos. imo it also sounds like "call me maybe"

basically it was built for me to obsess over

The guitar solo kept reminding me of a cross between the one from Digital Love and the guitar solo from Andrew Gold's Lonely Boy.

really "the sound" is an 80s prom slow dance song in EDM festival form

idk to me it mostly sounds like passion pit with a recording budget

sounds ready-made for a dozen official remixes

SNL on feb. 6 with larry david :-p

early reports from ppl who have heard the promo suggest it is "moody" "mellow" and "atmospheric"

sounds great

agreed

c'mon, dont't tease me more, I'm so anxious... there's no band nowadays that replicate the best the person that I am and my tastes. ugh

that's excellent news

seeing them live confirmed that The Sound is definitely their best song so far

I'm so ready for the new album.

I heard "Love Me" on the radio the other day and it sounded good on the radio.

I suspect it will be something of an anomaly on the album. In a lot of ways it 's a gesture-song.

The world needs our album

agreed

i don't know about the world, but i do need it.

Matt hugging larry david

https://youtu.be/fTjxpoWplqs

omg the snl performance

i died

I liked their performance but they were definite victims of SNL sound. Could barely even hear the singing at times

im mad they didn't play "ugh"

i didnt get to watch the whole show did they only do the one song?

they haven't been playing "ugh" live at all so i wasn't surprised. they played "the sound" and "love me"

they said they haven't rehearsed Ugh enough yet but I expect they'll start playing it once the album comes out

also "love me" and "the sound" are way bigger hits so i wasn't exactly surprised

Lead singer annoying on SNL, and whole thing sounded a little meh, but TV sound not reliable, and I'll check the alb because of this thread (thanks, I hope)

The performance of 'the sound' is probably the best thing I've seen in my life.

I think Matt could tone down on the mugging just a bit. I mean I know half of his lyrics are having a dig at himself but I think eventually it starts to undercut the emotional force of the songs. He should save it for key jokes. "You're so conceited! I said I loved you! What does it matter if I lied to you?" would be funnier if he delivered it like it wasn't funny.

I was also disappointed at first that they didn't do "UGH!" but it's probably better that such a perfect song isn't sullied by SNL's awful sound