I think Healy sings some of these songs better live nowadays. I really hated 'Chocolate' until I heard a recent live version, and the way they start that song off live with just the interlocking guitar licks is a neat touch!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 19 January 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
'M.O.N.E.Y.' sounds great live tol. At this point, it's only really the closing track that I can't really get into.
I wish 'You' had been on this album.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 19 January 2019 22:10 (five years ago) link
*too
Oh hey, look what we have here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC8TCeuGwtA
So excited to see them in April! Their stage setup looks incredible.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
"m.o.n.e.y." live was incredible, i wish they still played it
and "head.cars.bending" ofc but i've given up on that
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
They piss off xgau apparently:
I think they suck, and having streamed the new one at least three times without retaining anything but the internet skit will only consider explaining why for a minimum of a buck a word--as I just said, I don't do pans anymore. Congratulations, however, for not calling them a "rock band." Rock bands still oughta, you know, rock (for better or worse--here's to you, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age). I note as well that you are not from the United Kingdom, the spawning ground of the 1975 delusion. Don't let me stop you--stick to what you believe. But don't kid yourself if you find your faith faltering.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
good
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
lol
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 24 January 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
have there been any high-quality youtubes of recent shows? I can't find any right now
― k3vin k., Saturday, 26 January 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
Where is that Christgau quote from? That is hilarious.
― I Am Sporadicus (I M Losted), Saturday, 26 January 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.robertchristgau.com/xgausez.php
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 26 January 2019 23:23 (five years ago) link
I hate to admit it it but “love it if we made it” has found it way into my head and I’ve played it non stop this week.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 27 January 2019 07:39 (five years ago) link
Popped into my head this morning too! Clear highpoint of this album cycle imo
― imago, Sunday, 27 January 2019 08:52 (five years ago) link
I was just rewatching the video of it from the O2 linked above. Even though I was anticipating it for the whole week before it still completely blew me away live.
― toby, Sunday, 27 January 2019 09:28 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtKJXFqEtPM
apparently i missed this from two weeks ago but it's great
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 February 2019 00:29 (five years ago) link
I posted that upthread two weeks ago! But I guess I used a mobile link and it didn't embed.
But yeah it's great, they (unsurprisingly) use it as the backdrop when they play it live and it works really well.
― toby, Saturday, 2 February 2019 11:11 (five years ago) link
My appreciation of that one has only increased - I thought it was a bit formless on first listen, but over time I've realised just how cathartic it is to bellow along to.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
The back half of the album ('Inside Your Mind' to 'I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)') has become my favourite part of the album now.
this is so OTM
― campreverb, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
this performance is so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMcDpHcXRiQ
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 February 2019 05:26 (five years ago) link
awesome
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Thursday, 21 February 2019 05:54 (five years ago) link
I agree. Wonder if the next decade'll be as kind to them as this one has been.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 21 February 2019 08:17 (five years ago) link
oh my god that performance is wonderful
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 22 February 2019 01:20 (five years ago) link
the 1975 - a brief inquiry into online relationships poll
― k3vin k., Monday, 18 March 2019 21:17 (five years ago) link
having one of those nights where their amniotic ambient stuff sounds like the best music ever... menswear, me, head.cars.bending, haunt/bed, so far it's alright, fallingforyou... jesus h
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, July 24, 2018 1:00 AM (eight months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2019 05:21 (four years ago) link
Yeah, throw 'Lostmyhead' onto that pile too, which is one of my favourite ever tracks of theirs.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 30 March 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
I just love this band so much
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
I saw them last weekend in Buenos Aires. It was really, really good. A very trimmed down setlist, no instrumentals, just a non-stop barrage of hits. Matt looked way better than the last time, much more engaged with the audience than in 2017. The projections are amazing, they've really upped the ante with the production values this time. The final performance is "Sex" and it's in-fucking-credible.
There's a recording of the performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSqH_95uAVI&t=1748s. You guys over the equator are in for a treat with this tour.
― cpl593H, Thursday, 4 April 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
Notes On A Conditional Form pic.twitter.com/0HBcT8D3Ud— matty (@Truman_Black) April 14, 2019
looks like the build up to Notes is starting
― ufo, Monday, 15 April 2019 06:16 (four years ago) link
worth noting over here, i guess, that their Coachella performance was absolutely 10/10
― alpine static, Monday, 15 April 2019 06:35 (four years ago) link
I didn't catch the Coachella performance as it would have been silly o'clock in the morning in the UK when it was broadcasted, I'll wait until someone inevitably whacks the set up on Youtube.
Fingers crossed that there's no elevator muzak pseudo cocktail jazz on the new record, and it's all '80s style bangers, shoegazy goodness and IDM freakouts.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 15 April 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
this is the last time i'll say anything about it but if anything your enjoyment of this band is worse than your previous disdain
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 15 April 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwvBGy1A6Wo
they sound amazing. even matty's singing is 3000x better than usual
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 April 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
*click!*
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 18 April 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
They are one of the most mysteriously great sounding live acts since Phoenix. I mean, just literally, how good they sound, for four or five dudes and what they're doing. I assume there must be some sort of audio magic at work, but it's subtle, if it's even happening.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 April 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
BTW, I heard from a source the the title of their next album will indeed be " I assume there must be some sort of audio magic at work, but it's subtle, if it's even happening."
"i like america" live is a motherfucker
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 April 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
also lmao at the very small but loud group of people shouting "antichrist! antichrist! antichrist!"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 April 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
Ha! One day they'll just randomly play it and all hell will break loose.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 18 April 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
The production design for their show is super good.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 18 April 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
They are one of the most mysteriously great sounding live acts since Phoenix. I mean, just literally, how good they sound, for four or five dudes and what they're doing. I assume there must be some sort of audio magic at work, but it's subtle, if it's even happening.― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:43 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, April 18, 2019 5:43 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Four band members plus two auxilliary musicians plus two dancers that also sing backing vocals plus backing tracks covering the rest of the parts.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 18 April 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
*auxiliary.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 18 April 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
Oh, I know *how* they do it, it just sounds very, very good. Clean, solid, locked together air-tight. I feel that way whenever I see, say, a mainstream country act or something like Panic at the Disco, where there is a lot of movement and showmanship and playing but it sounds almost identical to the record (which is already pretty slick to begin with). It's just so impeccably ... *produced*, but live.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 April 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
what was the YoutuBe video Brad posted? it seems to have disappeared (or the wifi in this taco shop sucks)
also:
"i like america" live is a motherfucker― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:54 AM (three hours ago)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:54 AM (three hours ago)
this, this, this. was absolutely a highlight of Coachella set. maybe THE highlight.
― alpine static, Thursday, 18 April 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
It was the Coachella set. It seems to have pulled from Youtube for the usual, obvious reasons.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 18 April 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
I’m sure it’ll be officially uploaded shortly
― k3vin k., Friday, 19 April 2019 03:12 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGrtzzpNpi0
here's a new song played acoustic that'll likely be on Notes in some form
― ufo, Friday, 19 April 2019 03:30 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRBg31w0ANs
― alpine static, Friday, 19 April 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dclYNe2z9YI
― alpine static, Friday, 19 April 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
those video screens are pretty fuckin cool. that is not what coachella looked like when i went.
― alpine static, Friday, 19 April 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
It's funny, because everything I've read about the new album suggests that it's going to be their kind of version of a "going back to our roots" album, but I'll bet it isn't.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 19 April 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link