the 1975

Oh yeah, forgot "Antichrist". That's another track where they sound like a different band to me, maybe Interpol *ducks*, before Matty takes it up an octave. I guess his usual singing range is the essence of the band, for me

His voice is pretty low for most of "Me" too.

help can't stop listening

think when i first saw a live video i said it was a gorgeous composite of their album approach and their ep approach i.e. a pop song but submerged and blurred until it's a sustained blush. their best song yet

the lyrics are also crushing for reasons i'd rather not get into

this song was so obviously good from the live recording, basically im just happy they didn't fuck up the mixing or something, like it's more or less how i imagined it would sound

there's a real danger in listening to the live version 1st & falling for it!

^^^ this happened with me and "the sound" but "somebody else" translated perfectly

if anything it sounds more absorbing

"“Somebody Else,” the album’s latest pre-release single, is their attempt at chillwave"

looking forward to the criticism this record will generate in a "michael jackson popcorn gif" sorta way

i'm reminded that i should be GETTING OVER IT

Ahhhhh this is a reversion to type not them branching out - and I mean that in the best possible way.

It's like "fallingforyou" crowed with Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes".

Crossed, even.

Also the new best song ever written

"somebody else" is the only song i've listened to in the past 36 hours and i don't see an end in sight anytime soon

lmao @ this official merch

http://i.imgur.com/w8RvWwW.jpg

so uh i have this now, and i started crying at the intro lol

the envy... i can't really describe it

recorded version of "a change of heart" completely justifies me comparing it to "say hello wave goodbye" upthread

hm i wonder if this thread also features me freaking out when i got the stream of lp1

aaaaah i can't wait until y'all hear "settle down" aaaaah

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, July 29, 2013 9:09 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yep

if "she's american" is "settle down pt. 2" the production goes harder

it's more dynamic, more of a nervous rush

omg i hate you brad

lol

i might stop there bc like every element of this record is a huge surprise and i'd like y'all to be as surprised as i am

meanwhile this album is ruining my life

this is ruining my life. i can't wait.

ok one thing i know blue nile and scritti politti were thrown around as referents from the beginning of this thread but they are REALLY embodied here, "please be naked" is like a lost hats instrumental

ok that's it i'm shutting up now

Braaaaaaaaaad.

you're welcome

i mean i don't want to overhype this or anything but this is above and beyond the debut in every considerable way, and it properly absorbs the eps into its texture

fucking fuck

that is a dream coming true

I recall a year ago, they said something about possibly sampling D'Angelo on the album. Is there any traces of that?

<spoiler> i mean "if i believe you" SOUNDS like d'angelo (w/ gospel choir) </spoiler>

Wow.

wow this is really good

^^^^^

i'm losing my mind

fucking hell

i typed all that stuff before i got to the title track, which

let me tell you this record is very special

it is also very very very very very very long

Braaaaaaaaaad.

― Tim F, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 19:23 (1 hour ago)

^^

just finished the album!

djlkakdkjflkj,malkjflkja;lj *sputters and dies*

it's an hour long, right? i expect that is worth it

This album is going to cause mass fatalities on ILX I fear.

"she's american" is basically the only song that resembles the debut, other than the few moments i'm reminded of "menswear"

other than the few moments i'm reminded of "menswear"

*promptly digs own grave and lies down in it*

that's been my emotional state all day

there was a party that you had to miss
because your friend kept cutting her wrists
hyperpoliticized sexual trysts
"oh i think my boyfriend is a nihilist"