the 1975

Saw the opening night of the tour last night (going again on Monday). Don't miss this show if you have the chance to see it. I'd say it's 15 mins too long (there's a mid pace sag in the middle), but overall it is astounding. The production design is stunning. The setlist is fantastic. As Dorian, who I was with, said to me: This is a band who are doing everything right. It was quite overwhelming.

the setlist looks sick, i'd maybe have subbed out "so far (it's alright)" [which "loving someone" is kind of an even more amazing version of??] for "this must be my dream" [i mean or "pressure" which is still the best song of all time] but fuckkk i'm so hype

i was frantically searching for live videos of "anobrain" and then i realised OH WAIT I AM SEEING THEM ON WEDNESDAY <3 <3 <3 so maybe i shouldn't go down that rabbit hole rn

i wish they'd start playing "head.cars.bending" again (when they opened their set with it the first time i saw them in 2013 i was like "oh wow this band is special") but i have no complaints about the setlist and am considering buying tickets I can't afford for barclays

thanks alfred for comparing "this must be my dream" to the system

hang a sign upon the door, it said this must be my dreeeam

I bought a physical copy in Target this morning and danced in the shorts aisle.

I wanted to buy this on vinyl but it's currently $40 at my local store. It's a great album and everything but that price is crazy, even when it's clear vinyl.

Giving this a shot, nice to have something the splits the difference between Phoenix and Maroon 5. Bummed that "Please Be Naked" doesn't sound at all like "The Big Ship," imo - more like one of those Phoenix instrumentals - but "Change of Heart" sure sounds like "Crazy for You."

phoenix? huh. have they been mentioned in this thread before lol

I've waited many years for Phoenix to get interesting.

xpost Have they? I haven't read the whole thread, was just curious. Younger daughter (age 8) btw immediately asked if it was the same band that did "Sugar."

oh joshpaws

xpost oh hahaha there's actually a post somewhere upthread where someone lists every band that we've compared them to in this thread, it's a pretty staggering range

That's funny. That might be why it's so much fun, something for everyone. A band like Maroon 5, I'm not sure they bring anything to mind. Maybe suicide.

lol slocki compared them to maroon 5 also

I feel like they mitigate their latent Maroon 5-ness.

true heirs to maroon 5 is a worthy title imo

I compared them to Adam & the Marooned too.

If this album wins the EOY poll it's gonna break ILM like Trump and the GOP.

i mean it's early but it'll almost certainly be my aoty

lol i don't think this has much hope of #1 in our EOY what with the KING album existing and a beyoncé album on the way

this is easily one of the best albums i've heard in the last 5 years

Yeah, I think KING could probably overtake it. Also Blackstar as well.

Or maybe it will just go to HAIM again.

I love the king album but this gets the edge over the king album to me

KING is Marco Rubio. Beyonce is Jeb Bush. Haim is Ted Cruz.

delet this

This is a great album in the best sense. I tried cherrypicking some songs for a playlist to prune the length and that didn't work at all, it's been really thought through and you need it all for the full experience.

I've been persuaded, slightly against my better judgment, to go to another show in Manchester next week by their publicist.

#1 in Amerikay

hello all -- i appeared on my wonderful colleagues crystal + megan's podcast #SWOONSTEP talking about the new album along with a couple other fabulous ladies; forgive me for all my ums, likes, and you knows: http://swoonstep.tumblr.com/post/140747913707/roundtable-the-1975s-i-like-it-when-you-sleep

it's ok josh even professionals um like and you

you know*

anyway excited to listen to that later!

the name of the guy who did the art for the album x_x https://www.instagram.com/davidndrake/

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2016/february/shooting-for-the-1975/

"The Sound" is top ten on the rock songs chart but still nowhere to be found in the hot 100 (U.S.).

it's #3 on the bubbling under chart this week

RIGHT here we go

:D

surprisingly, this is well good yeah

approx. 3500x better than album 1

album 1 did not have an ambient mariachi interlude called 'please be naked' for one

*waits patiently for lj to get to the title track*

yeah that was great! gf all 'this is their pinkshinyultrablast song' haha

ok that was great. maybe the most ambitious boy-band album ever?

b4 u gooooo

what makes them a boy band?

They have too many young female fans, obviously.

this is on spotify now btw https://open.spotify.com/album/1JFmNyVPdBF1ECvv4fhpW4

just in time for me to cancel my tidal subscription

tfw you're not even 3 months into 2016 and you've already found your favourite album of all time