Saw the opening night of the tour last night (going again on Monday). Don't miss this show if you have the chance to see it. I'd say it's 15 mins too long (there's a mid pace sag in the middle), but overall it is astounding. The production design is stunning. The setlist is fantastic. As Dorian, who I was with, said to me: This is a band who are doing everything right. It was quite overwhelming.
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Saturday, 5 March 2016 11:21 (eight years ago) link
the setlist looks sick, i'd maybe have subbed out "so far (it's alright)" [which "loving someone" is kind of an even more amazing version of??] for "this must be my dream" [i mean or "pressure" which is still the best song of all time] but fuckkk i'm so hype
i was frantically searching for live videos of "anobrain" and then i realised OH WAIT I AM SEEING THEM ON WEDNESDAY <3 <3 <3 so maybe i shouldn't go down that rabbit hole rn
― uberweiss, Saturday, 5 March 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
i wish they'd start playing "head.cars.bending" again (when they opened their set with it the first time i saw them in 2013 i was like "oh wow this band is special") but i have no complaints about the setlist and am considering buying tickets I can't afford for barclays
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 March 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
thanks alfred for comparing "this must be my dream" to the system
hang a sign upon the door, it said this must be my dreeeam
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 March 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link
I bought a physical copy in Target this morning and danced in the shorts aisle.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 March 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
I wanted to buy this on vinyl but it's currently $40 at my local store. It's a great album and everything but that price is crazy, even when it's clear vinyl.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 5 March 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
Giving this a shot, nice to have something the splits the difference between Phoenix and Maroon 5. Bummed that "Please Be Naked" doesn't sound at all like "The Big Ship," imo - more like one of those Phoenix instrumentals - but "Change of Heart" sure sounds like "Crazy for You."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 March 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link
phoenix? huh. have they been mentioned in this thread before lol
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:06 (eight years ago) link
I've waited many years for Phoenix to get interesting.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
xpost Have they? I haven't read the whole thread, was just curious. Younger daughter (age 8) btw immediately asked if it was the same band that did "Sugar."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
oh joshpaws
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
xpost oh hahaha there's actually a post somewhere upthread where someone lists every band that we've compared them to in this thread, it's a pretty staggering range
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
That's funny. That might be why it's so much fun, something for everyone. A band like Maroon 5, I'm not sure they bring anything to mind. Maybe suicide.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:38 (eight years ago) link
lol slocki compared them to maroon 5 also
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 5 March 2016 23:44 (eight years ago) link
I feel like they mitigate their latent Maroon 5-ness.
― Hey (Extended Mix), Sunday, 6 March 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
true heirs to maroon 5 is a worthy title imo
― flopson, Sunday, 6 March 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
I compared them to Adam & the Marooned too.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 March 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
If this album wins the EOY poll it's gonna break ILM like Trump and the GOP.
― Tim F, Sunday, 6 March 2016 00:26 (eight years ago) link
i mean it's early but it'll almost certainly be my aoty
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 6 March 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link
lol i don't think this has much hope of #1 in our EOY what with the KING album existing and a beyoncé album on the way
― art baengels (monotony), Sunday, 6 March 2016 00:41 (eight years ago) link
this is easily one of the best albums i've heard in the last 5 years
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 March 2016 04:24 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I think KING could probably overtake it. Also Blackstar as well.
― MarkoP, Sunday, 6 March 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link
Or maybe it will just go to HAIM again.
― MarkoP, Sunday, 6 March 2016 04:33 (eight years ago) link
I love the king album but this gets the edge over the king album to me
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Sunday, 6 March 2016 05:01 (eight years ago) link
KING is Marco Rubio. Beyonce is Jeb Bush. Haim is Ted Cruz.
― Tim F, Sunday, 6 March 2016 10:55 (eight years ago) link
delet this
― r|t|c, Sunday, 6 March 2016 11:04 (eight years ago) link
This is a great album in the best sense. I tried cherrypicking some songs for a playlist to prune the length and that didn't work at all, it's been really thought through and you need it all for the full experience.
― Leonard Pine, Sunday, 6 March 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
I've been persuaded, slightly against my better judgment, to go to another show in Manchester next week by their publicist.
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 09:22 (eight years ago) link
#1 in Amerikay
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 11:33 (eight years ago) link
hello all -- i appeared on my wonderful colleagues crystal + megan's podcast #SWOONSTEP talking about the new album along with a couple other fabulous ladies; forgive me for all my ums, likes, and you knows: http://swoonstep.tumblr.com/post/140747913707/roundtable-the-1975s-i-like-it-when-you-sleep
― j. winters (josh), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
it's ok josh even professionals um like and you
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 20:39 (eight years ago) link
you know*
anyway excited to listen to that later!
the name of the guy who did the art for the album x_x https://www.instagram.com/davidndrake/
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 10 March 2016 08:14 (eight years ago) link
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2016/february/shooting-for-the-1975/
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 10 March 2016 08:26 (eight years ago) link
"The Sound" is top ten on the rock songs chart but still nowhere to be found in the hot 100 (U.S.).
― timellison, Thursday, 10 March 2016 08:30 (eight years ago) link
it's #3 on the bubbling under chart this week
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 March 2016 14:26 (eight years ago) link
RIGHT here we go
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 11 March 2016 12:00 (eight years ago) link
:D
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 11 March 2016 12:11 (eight years ago) link
surprisingly, this is well good yeah
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 11 March 2016 12:20 (eight years ago) link
approx. 3500x better than album 1
album 1 did not have an ambient mariachi interlude called 'please be naked' for one
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 11 March 2016 12:21 (eight years ago) link
*waits patiently for lj to get to the title track*
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 11 March 2016 12:31 (eight years ago) link
yeah that was great! gf all 'this is their pinkshinyultrablast song' haha
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 11 March 2016 12:48 (eight years ago) link
ok that was great. maybe the most ambitious boy-band album ever?
― Laertiades (imago), Friday, 11 March 2016 13:09 (eight years ago) link
b4 u gooooo
― uberweiss, Friday, 11 March 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link
what makes them a boy band?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 March 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link
They have too many young female fans, obviously.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 11 March 2016 14:26 (eight years ago) link
this is on spotify now btw https://open.spotify.com/album/1JFmNyVPdBF1ECvv4fhpW4
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link
just in time for me to cancel my tidal subscription
― J0rdan S., Friday, 11 March 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
tfw you're not even 3 months into 2016 and you've already found your favourite album of all time
― uberweiss, Monday, 14 March 2016 00:37 (eight years ago) link