the 1975

they’ve always been a huge band, they’ve been selling out shows since even before the debut. so i have no idea what you’re on about

if fans are pissed about critics finally picking up on them... who cares? why are we even talking about these strawpeople

In my case, I personally couldn't give a shit about any of that stuff as a recent convert. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy the new material at the very least.

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most of the fans i know who have been in the tank since the eps are delighted with this record and happy for the band for finally getting critical recognition

Well yeah, this is what I've just said - they've always been a big band (and even then I keep forgetting just how well their debut did in the US) but a very divisive one.

most of the fans i know who have been in the tank since the eps are delighted with this record and happy for the band for finally getting critical recognition

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, November 29, 2018 11:13 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

In that case, it's reassuring to know that there are fans sticking with them as they pick up new ones.

As for the record itself, I'll make comment on that when I actually hear it.

I did listen to ILIWYS twice today, though.

Those who have heard the album: is there anything as good as 'Paris' on here?

*there.

I agree with what was said above about the last two tracks on ILIWYS, btw. There's nothing wrong with them at all, but the more I listen to that album, the more that 'Paris' feels like the true album closer and 'Nana' and 'She Lays Down' feel more like bonus tracks or an extended P.S.

Also, 'Pressure' from their first LP rules.

why is turrican still allowed on this thread

"i couldn't be more in love" is the greatest song ever made

I wouldn't go quite that far but it finally clicked for me this morning (I think my 6th listen to the album, at 5am, after a restless night with a nasty sore throat); up until now Surrounded by Heads and Bodies/Mine/I Couldn't Be More in Love had felt a bit disappointing but something about listening to them in the quiet early morning made them stand out in a way that they hadn't before.

I still don't like "Be My Mistake" though; otoh I tend to skip the last two songs on ILIWYS, I think the acoustic ballads are mostly their weakest songs.

Of the songs that weren't out before the album, I Like America & America Likes Me/Inside Your Mind/I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes) are A++++. I would quite like to hear a version of Inside Your Mind with production more like Me, though (more synths, less piano).

I'm actually OK with The Man Who Married a Robot, it's about as good as a Siri-narrated story about an internet troll could be, I guess.

first listen verdict: feels like a massive step down from ILIWYS tbh

nearly 20 minutes shorter but so much more of a slog

on my first listen now....not sure what to make of “surrounded by heads and bodies” yet...overall there are a lot of slow songs

“how to draw/petrichor” is like the trip hop cousin of “the ballad of me and my brain” and it bangs

lol happy 1975 day i guess. stick with it lj

I will say in LJ’s defense that the singles seem to be the best songs here, or at least the most immediate. though I expect the slower ones to grow on me

didn’t like the intro on first listen which is sad because I loved the first two

the cool thing about the album is you can skip the slow ones because they're clumped at the end

I will persist with it but I did immediately listen to ILIWYS afterwards and it was like waking up. Still if it makes me like that album more it's not a total loss

i burned the hell out of the singles which is making the full album spin less appetizing. skipping around a lot.

my mistake is the one i really cant get into. heads and bodies is the one thats grown most. haunting.

im so confused by people who didn't hear the joy division rip? it was the first thing i heard and it bugged me. and i don't know shitr about music! also bugged me when they started that one song exactly like lcd soundsystem.

yeah I do wonder whether releasing all those singles so early in the process was a wise move when they’re arguably the best songs on the record, but I guess that kind of a rollout is part of the territory with a band as big as them

pretty funny to be the one who's like 'pshh this is a blue nile bite' / 'holy shit that was joy division'

ilx is a special place

― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, November 29, 2018 5:10 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk i think "give yourself a try" is executed on a much higher level than "love it if we made it," or maybe i just like "the downtown lights" a lot more than i like "disorder"

i do look forward to one day hearing a 1975 record where i haven’t already heard 30-40 percent of it. but they’ve done this for every album

the cool thing about the album is you can skip the slow ones because they're clumped at the end

― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, November 30, 2018 7:31 AM (fifty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah sure skip the george michael section of the record

the lcd soundsystem quote on "sex" was way more irritating because they didn't do anything with it, it's just a direct lyrical and melodic quote that really stands out awkwardly

"love it if we made it", while an intended reference to "the downtown lights" isn't a direct rip or anything and goes in a very different direction to anything the blue nile have done. it's certainly one of the album's highlights.

while the singles are definitely some of the strongest tracks there's also others that are just as great - "how to draw/petrichor", "i couldn't be more in love" and "i always wanna die" especially - i don't understand complaints about the end of the record, that's the best part.

i look forward to the hype cycle restarting in only two months

i get whiplash listening to this one in a way that i really didn't with the last one--the audacity is impressive, the sequencing could be a little less jarring

the run of the last four tracks is easily my favorite part of the record now. “surrounded by heads and bodies” IS haunting. curious that this is the second band (cf. foxing) i’ve heard trying to access hail to thief-era radiohead this year

“give yourself a try” I like a lot, and more than any of the new songs it seems to me like a an updated take on something from their first album, which I have been pretty obsessed with lately. but to me “love it if we made it” is just on another level, something I could have never seen them pulling off or even trying 5 years ago (despite the hook being kind of a self-bite of “robbers” lol)

that said over the past week I think “it’s not living” has become my favorite of the new songs, just an absolutely perfect pop song. you get the feeling matty could write ten of these in a week and put out the best album of parallel-universe alphabeat songs ever

Xp it’s funny, I thought of Foxing when I heard this too. It’s funny that Alfred points out the TVOTR comparison here, cause I thought of them on my first few listens of the Foxing LP

The spectacular confidence of "It's Not Living" gives me shivers.

the intro of give yourself a try is super close to disorder i don't see how that's debatable i mean just sing "i got the spirit but lose the feeling" over it

xp unquestionably the album highlight for me

i think it's funny that they directly quoted disorder after matty previously talking in interviews about how he didn't really feel any connection to the musical legacy of manchester at all

lol agreed

i love “it’s not living.” i really like that there’s an s/t-style song on here that’s better than most of the s/t (“she’s american” performed the same function on the last record)

https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42414/1/matty-healy-the-1975-brief-inquiry-online-relationships-interview

this interview has a few more details on how Notes is coming along

so “I love america” is basically an emo rap song

matty said that was the intention yeah

really looking forward to hearing whatever they're doing to make Roy Hargrove fit on the Burial-esque track

matty peep

"i like america" is so fucking good

upright bass on mine? alright cool. this album is all over the place stylistically.

sympathetic to anyone who thinks the singles are the best stuff here after a few listens bc i spent a few days not knowing what to make of the record, but "i like america," "how to draw/petrichor," "i couldn't be more in love," and "i always wanna die sometimes" are pretty easily up there with "sincerity" and "love it if we made it" for me

I Couldnt Be More In Love is stunning. A worthy successor to If I Believe You. Wish he reached out to El Debarge to join in on it tho.

that dazed digital interview is awesome, prob the best i've read this cycle

it's interesting... on the one hand matty is very adamant that the band isn't beholden to anyone or anything. on the other, they released the most single-esque songs as singles before the album, and went thru with a traditional album cycle, which colors how you hear the rest of the record. he said to me that he thinks he owes that kind of roll out to their fans, but i also think they should just surprise drop the next album and let their music be heard that way.

ultimately i think the end of the record is pretty stunning tho

so we were choosing between thx 1138 & sans soleil as the visual accompaniment for our listening party but at the last second ending up going with... wall-e

it was a glorious combination on so many levels

I Couldnt Be More In Love is stunning. A worthy successor to If I Believe You. Wish he reached out to El Debarge to join in on it tho.

― Spottie, Friday, November 30, 2018 9:17 AM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ah fuck, i'm gonna be dreaming about this for the rest of my life

then once the 1975 album ended we had just enough time left in the movie to listen to Mellow Waves which was also delightful

i feel like with petrichor they nod to the blocky, shimmering electronic geegaws that defined the last album, placing it early on the album so they could move on to their new thing. i really loved that old thing but i love this new thing too. the production is so balanced and crisp and warm with so much more dynamic range than any chart-topping pop albums that get released now right??

i feel like this fits neatly into a trio in my mind with the mr twin sister and robyn albums, all artists i love (whose records were my most anticipated releases of the fall), making these patient, spacious, calmly exploratory albums that feel like such a gift when there's so much music and information competing for my attention

^^^ feel like i'm gonna think this is otm in a few days