the 1975

It's a bit like Don't Delete The Kisses.

omg so good

i just re-read this thread and it might be the last great ILM thread

We are moving to Los Angeles in 2 weeks to start making 'Notes On a Conditional Form'. By the time we play our first show in January there will be two whole The 1975 albums that will have never been played before. I'm very excited. I bet you still ask for fucking Antichrist tho

— matty (@Truman_Black) July 13, 2018

poison me daddy

it's more than 4 minutes but feels so short!

it is its own thing obv but feels like PiL covering Scritti produced by Air France woohoo

is it just me that also feels that this may be one of the most fall out boy song of them?

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/the-1975-love-it-if-we-made-it/

oh so now p4k is coming around on them

man they always go for the most sincere interpretation huh

(not say the song's insincere but...)

*saying

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/20/matt-healy-of-the-1975-im-not-scared-of-myself-any-more

main detail from this interview is there's a "Drake-y tropical house" song on the record

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/20/matt-healy-of-the-1975-im-not-scared-of-myself-any-more

main detail from this interview is there's a "Drake-y tropical house" song on the record

― ufo, Friday, July 20, 2018 10:35 AM (thirty-four minutes ago)

poison me daddy

― J0rdan S., Friday, July 20, 2018 1:21 AM (nine hours ago)

Give us a release date already.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/20/matt-healy-of-the-1975-im-not-scared-of-myself-any-more

main detail from this interview is there's a "Drake-y tropical house" song on the record

― ufo, Friday, July 20, 2018 4:35 PM (three hours ago)

I only heard it once and I still have it stuck in my head five days later.

I'm going to hold off listening to this until the album comes out, but after their second LP won me over I'm very much looking forward to hearing it. Interview has reminded me that I still find Healy insufferable.

actively anxious over what ~creative choices~ theyll be taking in the inevitable music video for this song

What an incredible single! I thought Give Yourself A Try was just good enough, but I am blown away by this one. I definitely don't mind the nod to The Downtown Lights one bit.

so confession time, I had been kind of self-fronting on the first album for a really long time, telling myself it wasn't really near the level of the second one, but over the past week I've been playing it all the time and it's finally opening itself up for me. "heart out" --> "settle down" --> "robbers" ranks up their with any of their runs

I don't think the first album is anywhere near as good as the second. There's a couple of decent songs on there ('The City', 'Robbers') but Healy's vocals on things like 'Chocolate' remind me why I loathed this band for years.

'chocolate' is like the best song

"Never goh-na quit it noh we never goh-na quit it noh we never goh-na quit noh we nev..." *slap!*

'chocolate' is like the best song

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Segunda-feira, 23 de Julho de 2018 20:44 (forty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

give it time, turry

No Kevin, the guy who spent years cluttering this thread with repetitive denunciations of this band as the absolute worst thing to happen to recorded music is clearly best placed to now review its discography and sort the wheat from the chaff.

tim, the 1975 is for everyone

I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.

denunciations of this band as the absolute worst thing to happen to recorded music

It wasn't a difficult conclusion to reach based on some of the horrors that are on that first album, particularly when combined with some horrific nails-on-chalkboard vocals and Healy's insufferable personality. That he's blatantly a spoiled brat that had closer connections in the industry than most (let's not pretend he didn't) and has wealthy parents could afford to indulge him are nothing less than facts.

Thankfully, the music and the singing got better on the second album, which is a genuinely great record - at this point maybe even one of the best of the decade, so I clearly can separate the art from the artist if the music is strong enough.

*that

you were wrong & have no credibility itt

this is perhaps the only good thread left on ILM and it would be great if it didn't revolve solely around one troll's storyline but you guys do you...

the debut isn't as good or as fully realised as I like it when you sleep..., and Matty's voice is more annoying on it but there's still a lot to love about it, it's the sort of album where half the album could have been made of lesser band's single hit tracks and then the other half is even better stuff like Menswear and Pressure

the debut is pretty perfect imo in that it feels so minor compared to what has come after it, yet you can easily see the roots sprouting out in all the different directions they'd follow. also there's something fun about hearing them very stripped down at this point.

and the songwriting is just killer across the record

having one of those nights where their amniotic ambient stuff sounds like the best music ever... menswear, me, head.cars.bending, haunt/bed, so far it's alright, fallingforyou... jesus h

"heart out" is quickly becoming possibly my favorite song of theirs

you got something to saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay why dont you speak it out loud
Instead of living in your HEAD
It's always the saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame why don’t you take your heart out
Instead of living in your HEAD
*sax*

prob my favorite climax of the handful of them on the debut.

you were wrong & have no credibility itt

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, July 24, 2018 3:32 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I disagree.

this is perhaps the only good thread left on ILM and it would be great if it didn't revolve solely around one troll's storyline but you guys do you...

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, July 24, 2018 4:27 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'd rather be talking about how good the new material is possibly going to me, but y'know what it's like around here. Clearly I missed the memo where the word "troll" was redefined.

I actually gave the debut another listen last night - it didn't change my mind. I really love some of the EP tracks, including the ones J0rdan mentioned.

It's quite funny that people are now annoyed that I now like this band but don't make a point of worshipping everything they've ever released.

*going to be

I already thought 'Give Yourself a Try' was great, but the new song is absolutely amazing. Love the Blue Nile nod. Healy is so fucking sultry.

FYI, the deluxe box thing (lp's, cd, books and assorted paraphernalia) of 'ILIWYS' is now up for grabs for just € 40 (down from € 107). That's just € 5 more than the 2LP, ie. a steal.

Yeah, been pondering that one for a bit.

that synth (?) riff that opens ”robbers” sounds just like the hook to “love it if we made it”

The best possible results you could hope for by mashing up the Dowtown lights beat with the my sharona topline

Haha, good call on My Sharona

this is the best band that has ever existed

that better be the lede for the spin review

funny jordan should mention that, no I am not currently watching this full concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYlp6u5CbKo

they play "heart out" and "a change of heart" back to back which is so perfect

i can't imagine listening to "heart out" and then not following it immediately with "settle down"

"so far (it's alright)" sounds like dj koze

That Healy tweet from a few days ago is funny because 'Antichrist' really is one of their best tracks to date and I don't blame the 1975 hardcore for repeatedly badgering them to play it live.