nah it all feels pretty necessary to me
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 November 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
yeah it wouldn't be the same thing at all
― imago, Thursday, 24 November 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
like the sprawl gives it shape and narrative that it otherwise wouldn't have; if you cut it down it can become a pop album or a moody subterranean thing but that it manages to flow out of one form into the next and then back is why it's actually remarkable
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 November 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
I don't love every song, but agree that the sprawl is a necessary structure to cover the range the album has, just like the White Album
― Vinnie, Friday, 25 November 2016 01:43 (seven years ago) link
Doubt they'll do that. Top 20 certainly on. I might make them my #25 lol
― imago, Thursday, November 24, 2016 2:26 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
theyre a lock for top 5 imo
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 28 November 2016 04:11 (seven years ago) link
i forgot i came in here and posted that thing about carving 20ish minutes out. fair all around ... i certainly have elevated bloated-ish albums as high as #1 in a given year before in the name of ambition or w/e. it's cool.
still, i think i would actually *enjoy* listening to an edited version more. i think you can cut Please Be Naked. it's good and interesting, but doesn't accomplish much that they don't accomplish elsewhere on the album. i'm torn on the last two tracks and their necessity.
ALL THAT SAID, i am very much in the process of falling deeply in love with this album, so i may decide in two days that it's perfect as is and i'll murder anyone who says differently.
right now i'm at the "go back and read the whole ILM thread" stage of that process :)
― alpine static, Monday, 28 November 2016 09:14 (seven years ago) link
i mean, it says a lot that i created an itunes playlist and am trying to edit the album down and having a hard time doing so!
― alpine static, Monday, 28 November 2016 09:19 (seven years ago) link
Love it when a new ILX poster falls into the honey trap of 1975 fandom.
Also Alpine's post actually did inspire me to reread this thread and can I just:
I would expect that Matt Healey knows what he's doing in interviews. Given who his parents are, I would be completely surprised if he hadn't had some sort of advice or media training. I'm sure Matt Healey knows exactly what he's doing.― Turrican, Friday, October 9, 2015 3:36 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Turrican, Friday, October 9, 2015 3:36 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2016/02/RTX25SKX/lead_960.jpg?1454831034
― Tim F, Monday, 28 November 2016 10:22 (seven years ago) link
is it just me that feels that there's some the 1975 in this bieber's song?
nowadays i see the 1975 in almost everything i listen, so i can't judge properly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5LNlHYSfkc
― Nourry, Monday, 28 November 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
i love that song but it sounded like pretty standard disco influenced pop to me
― J0rdan S., Monday, 28 November 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
Holy shit. Ok, so I didn't like the debut at all. If it wasn't for D-40's comparison of this album to In Ghost Colours somewhere upthread, I wouldn't have even bothered...
Fucking awesome album. I'll eventually re-listen to the debut as a few of you seem to think this isn't an improvement.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 3 December 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
def an improvement but i think that it also brings out some things i didn't realize were good about the first one in retrospect
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
God bless VEVO for putting up a full almost two hour live set from their recent batch of shows at the O2. Merry Christmas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kiY87XLahk
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 25 December 2016 17:14 (seven years ago) link
this is so good
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 December 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
Ross can propose to me during "fallingforyou" if he wants tbh
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 25 December 2016 20:53 (seven years ago) link
fuck, they're playing the title track?????????????
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
WHAT
― Tim F, Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
Ugh, took so long for Tim to show up.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
Stop using other people's shitposts as a mirror for you.
― Tim F, Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
omg they're playing "undo"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
They're not playing "The City" though.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link
for the best it always felt kinda disconnected live
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
their best songs live are generally the ones where they have to rethink the arrangements, so: the ep tracks and "m.o.n.e.y.", which i'm glad they're playing again
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:14 (seven years ago) link
whoa, "please be naked"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:35 (seven years ago) link
please be naked -> lostmyhead -> somebody else -> fallingforyou
*muffled cry*
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 December 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
drummer is very chill
― alpine static, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 02:54 (seven years ago) link
enjoying this full set, btw
the 'undo' moment. can't handle it.
― Nourry, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 13:13 (seven years ago) link
'fallingforyou'. wow. i just can't.
― Nourry, Tuesday, 27 December 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
lmao at performing 'a change of heart' with a glass of red wine and a single red rose in the same hand
― tpp, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
I wonder how Matty saw the "fallingforyou" proposal, like did the crowd form a visible radius around the couple or was the ring just visible from the stage or what
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 06:47 (seven years ago) link
hold me https://soundcloud.com/cameron-hurley-667779930/girls-by-the-1975-in-the-style-of-enema-of-the-state-era-blink-182
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 January 2017 23:29 (seven years ago) link
haha <3
― Spottie, Friday, 27 January 2017 23:33 (seven years ago) link
my entire timeline has collapsed
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 27 January 2017 23:39 (seven years ago) link
oh my god
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 27 January 2017 23:48 (seven years ago) link
needs about 35% more pop-punk accent tho
Holy hell. Thats glorious.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 27 January 2017 23:50 (seven years ago) link
Be still my heart
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 January 2017 00:09 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/TkiO9Gq.jpg
february 21
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
oh shit
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link
ooh i knew they'd talked about releasing new singles or an EP this year but i wasn't expecting anything as soon as this
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
A Sade cover?
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
fuck me up
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 February 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
!!!!
― Tim F, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 19:41 (seven years ago) link
I really hope it's not a Sade cover.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 22:26 (seven years ago) link
why on earth would you hope that
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 February 2017 00:48 (seven years ago) link
oh...my god
https://twitter.com/Truman_Black/status/830482952928821248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 February 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
instrumentals?
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 11 February 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
holy mfing shit at this blink/1975 cover thing
― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 February 2017 23:20 (seven years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/16/skepta-1975-collaboration-pet-shop-boys/
― ufo, Thursday, 16 February 2017 11:32 (seven years ago) link