the 1975

Aww I like that interview. He seems to be asking himself the right questions

Don't know if this was posted upthread but it's produced by The 1975 and definitely shares similar vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq1Zut7l_fM

yeah that's not bad

never saw this cover of clean bandit's "rather be" before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLrpp0xlIyc

i haven't been on this forum in 5 years cus i'm not v online of late but i had to come back for this thread cus i'm listening to give yourself a try every day and feelin so isolated in my 1975 love, i have just one friend who's also heavily into them and i don't see much of him right now

a couple years ago we took half a tab of acid each and listened to a moon shaped pool for the first time, then took another 1/2 and went to see the 1975 at champions square in new orleans. then biked thru the french quarter back to his place in the bywater and smoked a ton of weed with his neighbor roland on his stoop and then watched lemonade for the first time, i think that day opened many new doors in my appreciation of art in general

i can't think of a better band to see while tripping on acid, obviously their light show on that tour was eye-meltingly sophisticated and they sound impeccable and their self-consciously conceptual gimmickry is so perfect for a brain on lsd. (the way they fill the stage, and their iconography in general, with rectangles that have similar proportions to those of the thousands of iphones held aloft by the young women ages 14-21 that seemingly constituted the entire audience except for us, two guys in their late 20s..... the moment when they projected the infinite-regression video feed of the stage onto those rectangles on the stage on the rectangles on the stage etc etc and it opened a trap door in my mind)

i feel like a lot of what's great about them has been captured on this thread but one thing i haven't seen mentioned is their insanely detailed sense of timing and their total command of editing together the little sound effects and miniature samples and bits of punctuation that string their albums and especially their concerts together -- that glimpse of 'sledgehammer' at the start of 'she's american', the soda tab pop on 'girls,' the way they begin their albums and shows with a dang song called THE 1975 like, Welcome To The 1975 Show, and close the set out with the onstage projections collapsing into a little point of light like an analog tv shutting off. i am such a sucker for this kind of thing in music but movies and tv as well -- the clever and well-timed revelation of a title or soundtrack cue, atlanta is so good at this kind of thing

my favorite albums have always been the ones that sound obsessively crafted and create a trajectory or loose sense of narrative through sequencing and sonic detail rather than merely lyrical content -- like ladies & gentlemen we are floating in space, or braids' native speaker, or my beautiful dark twisted fantasy, or recently cornelius' mellow waves. but is anyone as good as the 1975 at this editing and transitions thing? does anyone have any idea what i'm talking abt?? i dunno but i'll just be over here replaying the first four bars of 'give yourself a try' to hear that beat at the end of the fourth bar where all the sound gets sucked into oblivion before the full band comes in

very otm in that fourth paragraph, I think they are amazing with little details

caulk otm

On the first and second listen I couldn't get on board with this, but this is a monumental single. Banger, I can't get enough.

https://i.imgur.com/VLAgv3s.jpg

rip lil peep

lol I was about to post that

Those lyrics... *tugs collar at that one line*

what do you think that's in earnest

of course it's not unclumsy

Of course it’s not in earnest

Just what you said, and I fear The Discourse

lol sorry i need to get off the internet obv. anyway these lyrics are a lot

those sure are matty lyrics

Anyway, their lyrics, this band, everything about the 1975 has never looked good on paper until you hear them

i'm excited for "modernity has failed us" as a chorus

Excited for "Poison me Daddy", personally.

"Very cool!"

looks great on paper to me! lol

if it starts looking earnestly good on paper instead of meta-good on paper we should worry

that said i bet they actually liked lil peep at some level

oh definitely

fact that i don’t bat an eye let alone cringe at ‘like context in modern debate i took it out’ is a miracle and i fully trust he can spin any lyric

any other fellow 1975 fans feel something of a kinship with Westerman?
https://soundcloud.com/westermanmusicuk/easy-money

this is the worst fucking thing I've ever read and if the name attached were father john misty or whatever it would be rightfully clowned to hell by now

father john matty

"what if we didn't start the fire were entirely sourced from reddit posts"

lol

we didn't start the ire

lol katherine

do they rhyme "fire" and "funeral pyre"

no but they do rhyme "masturbation" and "immigration"

j/o in the congooooo

wowowow

the "poison me daddy" definitely did not let down

"Oh! Fuck your feelings! Truth is only hear say! We're just left to decay! Modernity has failed us"

i'm adoring this.

lmao this beat is "the downtown lights"

poison me daddy

otm lowercase

i was not ready

this is instant canon

Clever sonic move once again. And the "Downlight Lights" comparison is OTM.

lmao this beat is "the downtown lights"

― lowercase (eric), Thursday, July 19, 2018 11:16 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

was about to say!!

matty’s taste is impeccable man

omg this is incredible, when it explodes halfway through the second chorus is one of their best moments ever

This is the best song I have ever heard.

THE WAR HAS BEEN INCITED AND GUESS WHAT? YOU’RE ALL INVITED

now i want to tattoo 'poison me daddy'.
what a song.

Thank you so much, love you guys. I am very excited about releasing the 13 other songs

— matty (@Truman_Black) July 19, 2018

15 track album then

Excellent song, bites "Downtown Lights" in the best way