the 1975

This song sounds like Gregorian chants spliced with ZZ Top

Every first single this band has put out has surprised me. This one might be the most out there, and I wouldn't say I like it a lot, but I can't help but love this band for continually making music that's further and further out of what I expect. In any case, video is great

Go figure, I like the song better without the video playing at the same time.

this is...not what I was expecting

hahaha haven't heard this but Battles, Refused, QOTSA are bands I would have bet a large amount of money would have never come up in this thread

huh wow....this is unexpected. too bad Buddyhead isn't around to write about this

can't believe this is them

It's like they sat down and asked, ok, which bands have we *not* been compared to before? And then decided to sound like that.

Still waiting for their song that sounds like Jute Gyte.

huh wow....this is unexpected. too bad Buddyhead isn't around to write about this

I forget who said on Twitter that this is totally Icarus Line but they were right.

That's a fair comparison all the way down to Joe Cardamone's hair.

Not including their debut album, their lead single has always been their rock album opener:

Love Me > People > Give Yourself A Try

the comparisons that make the most sense to me are Refused and The Vines

expecting this is probably going to be their Melon Collie where they take the eclecticism to a ridiculous extreme and it's too long for its own good but the highs will be somehow worth it

I love how they've gone all in with the black hair in the video because this is supposed to be a rock video, kinda like the Beastie Boys going all-in with moustaches in Sabotage because it was supposed to be 70s-themed.

Would have been better if the 1975 went all-in with mustaches instead.

I definitely definitely definitely think everyone should listen to the song 3-5 times before watching the video. (the video is awesome tho)

this song is kinda great, def seems like 1975 to me albeit a bit rougher; the drum production, the hook ... feels very intuitive to me, as well as the fact that they're nothing if not cagey and sorta feel like grunge in 2019 is to sophistipop in 2015 or w/e so again, not surprising. lol this is the best band. matty has the best rock voice of ... anyone post cobain? is that a crazy statement?

it is crazy, but it is an amusing thought!

How many more singles and pre-release drops are we gonna get before the Feb release date, jeezus

gonna guess at least 6 more singles lol

it will be 22 tracks long so 14 would still be new by release date.

I don’t really listen to a lot of this kind of music but future of the left was the first thing I thought of

I’m sure I’ll end up loving this song

The hook that drew me in was “we don’t go outside so bring everything here”

Wow,was not expecting this but do like it.

I would have loved to do an experiment where you all heard it not knowing it was the 1975 have a gut feeling on the results

i hope they do some proggy metal shit

finally we reach agreement

as for the new single, FULL APPROVAL

Anyone see the Reading set?

(tis online bbc)

Omg this new song is so terrible it’s hilarious to see stans trying to defend it as a song.

i remain firm in my belief that this song is incredibly good

i continue to not get this band but i am fully in favour of popular music sounding uglier

I like the song, but only by the standard that it makes me feel things again so ymmv

Next single to be simultaneous Tool and Taylor Swift tribute, goes number one in ten countries.

i remain firm in my belief that this song is incredibly good

I stand by this.

wake up wake up wake up it's monday morning and we've only got a thousand of them left

I can imagine that song being fun live

ding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Y3jQzlE8g

Charli XCX and Christine and the Queens doing "TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME"

Starts around 9:20

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07m85zt

just saw them live

best band in the world!!!

a bunch of thoughts:

-still not entirely sold on "people" but it worked ok live
-saw at least three rainbow flags people brought specifically to wave during "if i believe you" presumably for the lesbian kiss line, which, lol (i mean that in a good way)
-"if i believe you" incidentally was a real highlight, they jammed on the outro for a while
-they played an unreleased instrumental called "depth" which was very much in the vein of the iliyws title track except much shorter
-"i always wanna die" needs to be their main set closer forever
-there were technical problems for a few minutes before "sincerity is scary" but matty refused to banter with the crowd "on principle" because it wasn't the place in the set for him to do that
-matty was a much better live vocalist than i remember him being when i saw them just before iliwys came out, some quite impressive moments like on "i couldn't be more in love"
-kinda wish there were a few more deep cuts/a different EP cut to "you" which they played last time they were here (i know "undo" has been on setlists occasionally over the last few years, would have liked to see that) but the ones we got were fantastic anyway
-matty struggled to remember which EP "you" was from lol
-i have never seen a more enthusiastic crowd in my life
-no rome was a very good opener, it's funny how he's working in a very similar space to the 1975 but much more both alt-r&b and emo, though not usually both at once
-best band in the world!!!!

oh how'd i forget matty's floral skirt (no "paris" to go with it though)

Crowds for them are incredible, best I've ever seen, or very near the top.

I saw them once for this tour and once for the ILWYS. He seems so much more at ease in this tour.

That "Sex" finale, I hadn't seen any youtube recording of any sort previously, it blew my mind and left me so pumped. When it ended, the only thing I wanted to do was to go to another show of the 1975.

// 5 D A Y S // L O V E pic.twitter.com/cZ49UoFFnY

— The 1975 (@the1975) October 19, 2019

I suppose that makes today three days #countdown

that's correct. they're premiering "frail state of mind"

accurate description of me whenever this band makes me wait for something

Whenever I put "People" on I feel this compulsion to enable the repeat single track setting and it's really destroying my last.fm stats.

"frail state of mind" is supposed to be their attempt at 2-step according to a recent interview, looking forward to this

jesus lol

also i believe the last song of theirs that roy hargrove plays on