the 1975

i sort of like the symmetry of them doing another john hughes-y song but about avatar sex, stuff like "weird science" as a subtextual influence

This is amazing

The 1975 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> John Hughes

“Weird Science” is a great reference point for this.

o theres an official video of sorts

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

its also, and maybe this is so obvious its not worth mentioning, extremely Prince

'i could never take the place of your man'

yes

yep "I could never take the place of your man" is the first song I thought about too. god this song fucking rules

the chugging bass part makes me more sure i want to see them get into wax trax

"Well, I found the hotel/I called up the twins/It's seven in the morning so they won't let me in" is sharp writing.

one of us!

true or false:

the current 1975 listening cru is actually the the-dream listening cru reconstituted

― k3vin k., Wednesday, May 17, 2017 2:29 PM (two years ago)

oh god yes

to such an extent that I get suffocated (I like The 1975).

"Well, I found the hotel/I called up the twins/It's seven in the morning so they won't let me in" is sharp writing.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, April 23, 2020 4:53 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

what is 'the twins' a reference to

Ashley and Mary-Kate?

"Matty Healy tweets that The 1975 have two brand new members: Kaylee and Taitlyn Jaiy. If you've caught the band on tour since then, you'll recognise Kaylee and Taitlyn as the twin dancers and backing singers who bop in unison to a backdrop of neon rectangles, blinking TV sets and messages of millennial ennui"

Don't know if that's what he's talking about though!

that actually might be it

The Winklevi?

I'm happy they're still making tracks that could fit into the first album while expanding their sound on other tracks. Solid song, great intro

this song is about being into a cam girl right

man they couldn't close-up on one of those other two guys' faces even once? not even during the sax solo?

song rules of course but the slight difference between the live & studio version is weird - the studio version has synth horns in the chorus it sounds like instead of the sax?

upon reflection this song is crazy good. i love how it’s kinda got this downbeat dramatic moroseness going on in the verses a la “somebody else” before becoming this cheesy rockefeller center vamp

I wonder if the artwork for Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America is supposed to be a nod to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot?

for some reason i put on "me" tonight

i was late
but i arrived
i'm sorry but i'd rather be getting high than watching my family die

"if you're too shy" cured my depression etc

full disclosure: i was a bit worried they were losing me with the britpop stuff

Whitney Houston + “You Get What You Give”

https://youtu.be/hAofFHPRZTE

"people" and "frail state of mind" were a bit of a dip for me but they're on another incredible run of singles again

[june 2018]
give yourself a try
love it if we made it
too time
sincerity is scary
it's not living if it's not with you
people
frail state of mind
me & you together song
the birthday party
jesus christ 2005
if you're too shy
[may 2020]

and it's just the singles

thank you kings

"frail state of mind" sounds a lot better now that we've heard so many of the surrounding tracks

it’s the single i’ve spent the least amount of time with and thus it sounds really fantastic rn

i remain a “people” truther

I was into "frail" from the beginning and it still slaps imo. honestly haven't given "people" a third listen

would probably rank the new singles

me & you
if you're too shy
jesus christ
frail state of mind
birthday party
people

"people" is great. still haven't listened to anything released after "frail" lol

i admire your restraint but please just listen to "if you're too shy" right now

I refuse!!!

amazing

hi k3v

I also liked "frail" from the start, but its refusal of any real chorus feels much more deliberate in circumstances where the following four songs they have released are each, in one way or another, massive singalong anthems.

"frail state of mind" is one of their very best tracks i think but it was kinda low-key for a single

i still think it's a limp, reheated TOOTIME and my least favorite of the new album's singles

I appreciate People for sounding like a Mclusky tribute.

with "frail state of mind" i just love that they finally took the sound of their mostly-instrumental electronic pieces like "how to draw/petrichor" and "i like it when you sleep..." and made an actual song from it, it's so gorgeous sounding

i was always a 'frail state of mind' supporter, but now with all the singles released so far it seems to me it's not the strongest one, but still amazing.
i would rank the new singles like this

if you're too shy
me & you
jesus christ
birthday party
frail state of mind
people

FKA twigs is on two songs and Phoebe Bridgers is on four (4) songs, jeez

https://theface.com/music/the-1975-takeover-matty-healy-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form

phoebe bridgers having been a fan of them in high school is kinda confusing me because she's a year older than me and they did not have any music out when i was in high school. my first impression of them a few years after high school was they were like a tryhard landfill indie band in the vein of two door cinema club or something which couldn't have been more wrong in the end lol