I'm jealous of how much you guys are liking them, I can hear that I should be into it but they remind me too much of every tool hanging out at the Old Blue Last (which I have no reason to believe is a fair assessment) for me to listen with adequately open ears.
― Clyde One DJ Diane “Knoxy” Knox-Campbell (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 29 August 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
holy shit this description is PERFECT
yeah the reason i find them pretty novel is i don't have a precedent for a hybridization of emo and '80s r&b
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 29 August 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
The instinctive aversion of people with taste kinda makes me enjoy them more? idk
― Tim F, Thursday, 29 August 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
poor ithappens then ..
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/29/the-1975-the-1975-review
― mark e, Thursday, 29 August 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
I'M NOT YOUR TYPICAL STONED 18 YEAR OLD
― uberweiss, Friday, 30 August 2013 04:18 (ten years ago) link
HAS HE GOT ENOUGH WEED NO BROKEN PHONE RETCHING ON THE FLOOR ALONE
― uberweiss, Friday, 30 August 2013 04:25 (ten years ago) link
why are you singling him out is it because of his race
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 30 August 2013 05:05 (ten years ago) link
streaming!: http://www.thefader.com/2013/08/30/stream-1975s-self-titled-debut-album/
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 30 August 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
*rubs hands*
― k3vin k., Friday, 30 August 2013 17:15 (ten years ago) link
"is there somebody who can watch you" sorta on that spare piano mark hollis tip
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 30 August 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
They sound like any multitude of bands you'd see covered by Alternative Press.
Just turned in my AP review this morning, ha ha. It'll be on their website early next week.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 30 August 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
i'm curious as to your take on it phil. looking forward to the review
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 30 August 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
I'm curious how AP's readers will respond to it, since to me this album sounds super '80s - I reference Wang Chung, Fun Boy Three, General Public and John Hughes movie soundtracks.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 30 August 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
this is the best album of all time (only halfway through)
― I’m pissed off for greatness (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 30 August 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
yep
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 30 August 2013 20:48 (ten years ago) link
― Tim F, Friday, 30 August 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 30 August 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
streaming tears of joy
― Tim F, Friday, 30 August 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
push your lack of chest outlook at my hairgotta love the way you love yourself
your obsession with rocks and brown and fucking the whole town is a reflection on your mental health
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 30 August 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
what's with shipley's silence on these kids?
― k3vin k., Friday, 30 August 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
way too british for shipley right?
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 August 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
yeah that was my thought too
"settle down" btw, man
― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 August 2013 00:07 (ten years ago) link
the percussion cadence in "pressure" reminds me of "steal my sunshine"
― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 August 2013 00:26 (ten years ago) link
hi what'd I miss??
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 August 2013 00:27 (ten years ago) link
feel like this thread is made for me
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 August 2013 00:28 (ten years ago) link
all my ILX and real life bros are defending this thing, so I'm downloading now
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 August 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link
I'm loving "Heart Out", though it does make me want to start singing the lyrics of "This Must Be The Place" on top of it.
― MarkoP, Saturday, 31 August 2013 00:34 (ten years ago) link
― k3vin k., Friday, August 30, 2013 4:54 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I've got the Shipley's covered on this one.
― I’m pissed off for greatness (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 31 August 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link
Missing the more ambient, drifting tracks from the EP's.
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 31 August 2013 04:29 (ten years ago) link
Those are cool n all but this album is something special. No complaints at all.
― I’m pissed off for greatness (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 31 August 2013 04:42 (ten years ago) link
I think the second half is even better than the first half.
― I’m pissed off for greatness (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 31 August 2013 04:43 (ten years ago) link
"menswear" is an excellent hybrid of the ambient drifting stuff and the stuff on the album so it's hard for me to miss that aspect
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 31 August 2013 04:55 (ten years ago) link
also "menswear" is literally about going to a wedding in a remote location and not being able to find drugs and therefore getting piss drunk
Oh, I was hoping it was a subtle jab at Scott Schuman.
― Murgatroid, Saturday, 31 August 2013 04:59 (ten years ago) link
I listened to one of their songs on YouTubeSounded like John Mayer
― everything I do is funky like Debussy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 31 August 2013 05:02 (ten years ago) link
lol
― markers, Saturday, 31 August 2013 05:05 (ten years ago) link
I can hear some (electric) Neon in this actually.
― I’m pissed off for greatness (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 31 August 2013 05:08 (ten years ago) link
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, August 30, 2013 9:55 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha, Menswear is a jam. I didn't think it was going to go anywhere beyond what it was doing but that abrupt drop is perfect.
― I’m pissed off for greatness (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, 31 August 2013 05:11 (ten years ago) link
The first few listens didn't do much for me beyond Sex, The City, and Settle Down but after listening to it on my "good" headphones instead of the ones I usually use, ones where the right earpiece falls off the band if I tilt my head too far to the right because I didn't tape it well enough, anyway, I listened to this on decent headphones and I'm suddenly enjoying it a lot more.
― Murgatroid, Saturday, 31 August 2013 05:13 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, the absence of the ambient stuff isn't anything like a deal breaker, since the album is so focussed and most tracks are total pop songs with big hooks.
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 31 August 2013 08:46 (ten years ago) link
"girls" is pure bliss
― uberweiss, Saturday, 31 August 2013 08:50 (ten years ago) link
aoty/d/c/m
Maybe it's that the atmosphere and melodies on the EPs felt a bit more open-ended and exploratory, so there was more space for imagining what kind of style they were putting together. Need to listen to the album a few more times, but it's certainly more snapped together.
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 31 August 2013 08:52 (ten years ago) link
like in "girls" i think the chorus has just finished but no that was just the pre-chorus and the massive hook is still to come. and the extended instrumental outro like omgggggggggggg
― uberweiss, Saturday, 31 August 2013 08:56 (ten years ago) link
I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SALVATION IN THE SECULAR AGE BUT GIRL I'M NOT YOUR SAAAAAAVIOR
― prolego, Saturday, 31 August 2013 09:09 (ten years ago) link
So good. While I love the ambient stuff, I don't miss it on the album (plus, it's not hard to have a separate playlist of those tracks - I just hope they do more EPs rather than go entirely in the direction of the album).
― toby, Saturday, 31 August 2013 10:34 (ten years ago) link
I think you mean "Selected Wham!bient Works, 8.5" - 9.2""
― Tim F, Monday, August 12, 2013 11:01 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Just felt like that needed to be reposted.
― toby, Saturday, 31 August 2013 10:35 (ten years ago) link
― prolego, Saturday, 31 August 2013 10:09 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
aight this line sold me, i'm going in
― r|t|c, Saturday, 31 August 2013 10:42 (ten years ago) link
damn son who produced this shit it's stellar
― r|t|c, Saturday, 31 August 2013 10:47 (ten years ago) link
I've not heard a note of this band but this is... not the selection of posters I expected to see repping.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 31 August 2013 11:08 (ten years ago) link