The biggest letdown for me would be the terrible tracklisting, in which three instrumental ambient tracks are placed in a row and the two acoustic tracks Despite the cringeworthy album name, the band provides a great pop record with a variety of genres to keep listeners satisfied. Even though in my opinion the first album will always be their best material, this comes quite close to it. … Expandĭespite the cringeworthy album name, the band provides a great pop record with a variety of genres to keep listeners satisfied. Perfect.) My only real complaint is that they tend to throw large words at you like a thesaurus clobbering (synthetic apparitions). ![]() People say that they are bringing the 80s back I would say they are actually improving on the old sound by giving it new production and equally strong riffs (The guitar riffs in "Love Me" are perfect. ![]() I seriously hope they keep their intro for all of their work from now on. The sophomore work from The 1975 delivers one of the most powerful intros I have heard in any album. People say that they are bringing the 80s back I would say they are actually improving on the old sound by giving A fantastic improvement on all cylinders from their debut album. … ExpandĪ fantastic improvement on all cylinders from their debut album. If they had stayed loyal to that approach and sound, this record would be much better. Anyways, where I do find them striking a chord is when they use up that vintage disco sound and feel and when their songs are simple, direct, coherent and effective. I don't know when will artists recognize that the length of the record isn't proportional to it's quality. I would attribute all of those things to the overambitious nature of this record, with 17 (19) songs. Even the instrumentals can be boiled down to one motif with some noise, sound effects, and that's pretty much it. I The length of this thing isn't a problem by itself, but it is a problem when the majority of the songs on this record don't go anywhere, aren't encapsulating nor engaging. The length of this thing isn't a problem by itself, but it is a problem when the majority of the songs on this record don't go anywhere, aren't encapsulating nor engaging. Take your time, put your headphones on, get comfortable and pay attention this record because if you're a big pop-rock-indie fan, this album is anything you could wish for. To say this record is good, to include it in a specific genre, to think it describes a specific aspect is an understatement. Don't you think it's hard to calm a tempestuous mind? Talking about ideas, this album takes you throughout a journey of life, exploiting religion, decadence, popularity, love, addiction and depression. And yes, it does sound pretentious, especially with some of the lyrics, but that's because Matty is so devoted and proud of his work and absolutely unable to content his ideas. Yes, the title may sound pretentious and annoying, and yes, that also reflects into the whole record, but this record isn't your usually type of annoying. It's hard to pick the best songs out of this considering all of the songs come from a really passionate and sincere background, something you can totally feel in them, especially if you pay attention to the lyrics, but stand-outs definitely include ''Love Me'', ''Somebody Else'', ''If I Believe You'', ''The Sound'', ''This Must.oh whatever, they're all amazing. From the glorious intro which takes you back to the roots of their first album and the massive kick in of ''Love Me'' totally shattering the build up of that intro and then to the nicely flowing with ethereal instrumental tracks till the finish lines of the record, in which Matty tells you that ''that was it.'', this album is AN EXPERIENCE. ![]() It's all pretty linear and amazingly put together, assuring an amazing experience. This album is reckless in any possible way, passionate and intimate. It's the first album in a pretty long time which provides that special something that made the 80's such a massive decade of uninhibited music. From the This album is such a free piece of work.
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