imo the hard/weak line is worse, prob bc the other one is at least v matty
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 26 November 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
Enjoy a new interview
https://ew.com/music/2018/11/26/the-1975-musical-moodboard/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 November 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
“Give Yourself a Try” is a reference to “Disorder” by Joy Division. We’re from the same town as Joy Division. I’m from the same road. Being in Macclesfield, [England] you can’t escape the weight of Joy Division, especially if you’re a band.
suspected this was the case
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 26 November 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
James Yorkston shoutout in that interview too!
― Jonathan Hellion Mumble, Monday, 26 November 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEysvcVrEyo
― k3vin k., Monday, 26 November 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
There's a bit of Feist's "The Park" energy to a few of the ballads on this album, especially "Be My Mistake"
― monotony, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
i think my favourite moment on first listen was probably the key change in "I Couldn’t Be More in Love"
― monotony, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
after some more listens i don't think it's quite as great as iliwys. the many highs are just as great as their previous bests but it's a little more inconsistent and doesn't play to their strengths of writing incredible pop songs quite as much.
quite a few of the tracks have the same problem they often had on their debut - no bridge or anything equivalent to really elevate them. i really like "give yourself a try" but it doesn't really go anywhere - a bridge or solo or even just some sort of dynamic shift towards the end would significantly improve it. "inside your mind" and "be my mistake" aren't bad but also don't go anywhere and "surrounded by heads and bodies" is kinda pretty but feels fairly half-formed as a song.
and then "the man who married a robot" is just embarrassing and i have no idea what to make of "i like america", it's sorta cool but also doesn't really have anything to grab onto?
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:57 (five years ago) link
imo "i like america" is one of the best things here
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
sounds like the album's exploding
curious why they released this at the end of the year when they’ll get snubbed on eoy lists (many of which are already up or being written right now)
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:15 (five years ago) link
"i like america" is just a little monotonous to me? i like the sound of it but then it's just the same melodic fragment over and over
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
also i kinda like the static quality of "inside your mind," sounds kinda like it's just throbbing in the empty echoing arena of someone's... mind
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:20 (five years ago) link
xxp working on it up till p recently / wanting to establish an album-Era w the rollout
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:21 (five years ago) link
"Inside Your Mind," "How to Draw/Petrichor" and "It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)" seem like the unalloyed triumphs so far -- perfect meldings of, ah, sound and vision.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:24 (five years ago) link
i'd still consider "love it if we made it" a perfect melding thereof (& don't rly get how it's a mess musically) but it feels awkward right after "petrichor", feels like it shld draw out from a roomier space mb? idk it's one of the less obvious sequencing decisions to me
honestly i'd think it'd go great btwn tracks 1&3 but also am trying not to think like that
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:39 (five years ago) link
i get not being the most impressed w "inside your mind" melodically but i think of the end ringing into the guitar coiling up at the beginning of "it's not living" as part of the former song's movement
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
lyrics aside "be my mistake" floats so movement isn't a big concern for me there
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:56 (five years ago) link
oh yeah that's otm
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:59 (five years ago) link
"surrounded by heads..." struck me as a highlight. I suppose it's a good sign that everyone seems to have different ones.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
I can't wait to hear this album live.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 03:02 (five years ago) link
if its leaked why are they not just putting it on streaming smh
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 03:29 (five years ago) link
they did correct all the lyrics people put on genius lol
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 03:32 (five years ago) link
― maura, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 04:03 (five years ago) link
they seemed poised for a critical breakthrough with this one
― flopson, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 04:04 (five years ago) link
lol @ maura
― ripersnifle, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
today i think 'i couldn't be more in love' is the best song ever.
― Nourry, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 12:10 (five years ago) link
Looks like there are lots of official annotations here: https://genius.com/artists/The-1975
― toby, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 12:20 (five years ago) link
This is already growing on me, even if I wish there were a couple more upbeat tunes. If I had to describe their current mode, it would be "productively exhausting"
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 14:06 (five years ago) link
Too many ballads in the middle.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/the-1975s-matty-healy-dissects-every-song-on-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/
There was one moment while making the record that, if you could bottle it, it would be better than any other drug. I was sat in my car, and I had to get this line. I had, “Consultation, degradation, fossil-fueling masturbation/Immigration, liberal kitsch, kneeling on a pitch...” And then I had “excited to be indicted.” I had all these things, but I didn’t have that one bit in between. I needed seven syllables. And I’d just written the Kanye line, and I was thinking, “What else has he famously said?” Then it was like [sings triumphant melody] the syllable spaces of “I moved on her like a bitch” just went in, game show-style, and I was like, “Oh my god! I’ve got it!” And then [my bandmates] were like, “It’s another swear word.” And I was like, “Oh yeah, that’s a bit annoying.” But then I was like, “No, if we’re going to get censored, we’re going to get censored for verbatim quoting the leader of the free world.” That is the song in its essence. How weird is reality?
Of course the natural next step in the story is for someone to link this thread to Healy and have him see what that moment of inspiration has wrought
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
oh wow what a nice post
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
if your intention here is to slyly needle at and/or resurrect a months-old horrible argument: hey, don't do that
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
my friends and i are going to do our first listen thru the album on thursday with some kind of interesting visuals on mute in the background. (for our first listen thru Life of Pablo we played the animated Watership Down film on mute lol)
my brother suggested Tron. i think something that mirrors the blocky, neon-lit sound of their music is definitely a good idea (anime?)
any suggestions?
― caulk the wagon and float it, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
hypernormalisation
― teen heartthrob Pacey Winger (Will M.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
tron would've been a good visual for i like it when you sleep, less so for this one
i can't 100 percent guarantee this is a good idea but: try playing the new one with koyaanisqatsi on mute
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
sans soleil would also prob work
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link
i still can't get my head around loving this as a whole, though that may well come later on, but my god "i always wanna die (sometimes)"
― petey v, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
THX 1138 imo
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
i have a lot of thoughts about that song that pretty much all require a content warning for suicidal ideation xp
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
oh excellent suggestion simon
i have a lot of thoughts about that song that pretty much all require a content warning for suicidal ideation
lmao I tweeted something very similar
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
really any 70s sci-fi with a lot of open space will do. Solaris would be dope as well
yeah i was mostly thinking of something brighter and less actively digital than tron, solaris is another good one
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
honestly the Clooney/Sodes one might be a better fit
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
prettier people, for starters
Can't imagine watching the original Solaris without granting it my undivided attention.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
xp Hey sorry no needling was intended on my part, carry on
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
sorry for reacting so poorly, it was just a very bad time for everyone involved
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
Honestly reading through that whole thing led to kind of a rough night for myself and I thought that post would provide some closure, really didn't mean any animosity Brad
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link