The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language (Oct 14, 2022) Album • Page 122

I just don’t do full album listens that often these days! lol. And when I do, I’m probably gonna prioritize a new release I wanna spend more time with. I know that’s contrary to most of this forum, and contrary to my former self, but that’s just where I’m at right now.

Maybe I’ll give it another go today, after remembering how much I loved my several full listens that fateful summer.

 

My general take is that you'll know when the sequencing is tight, because you start it and the record flies by. ILIWYS is over in a heartbeat, NOACF is suuuuupery choppy for me until about "Roadkill" and then we're sailing.

 

I love Notes but it definitely has flow issues lol

 

Album has too many intros/interludes in the front half. Other than that no complaints.

 

Listened to Notes yesterday and I still think that album is very back heavy. I start getting really into the album with I Think There’s Something You Should Know. I think the stretch from that song to What Should I Stay is pretty much spectacular

 

seeing them in one (1) week from today

 

play Bagsy Not In Net at my funeral

 

Perfect song

 

this was one of my big issues with it too. feels like a comp of a/b singles for almost the entire first half and then an actual album after

 

The End I feel like could have been a B side given its a cover of an old track, I can see why matty insisted on it being on the record though from an artistic sense because it shows their shift from digital/synth to analog layering of their tracks which is something they do on Notes heavily (The End is just HNSC but orchestrated)

 

I like The Birthday Party, Roadkill, and Me & You Together Song, but those songs have never really clicked with me as much as they have for others. Considering all the different styles they employ in the first half of Notes, they end up contributing to why I feel so much whiplash on the first half of the album before I really start getting into the album for the back half of it.

 

How have I never picked up on this haha

 

not sure if well liked or not but this is one of my favorite songs by them. Lyrics hit incredibly hard especially during the 'bridge"

 

I can personally confirm that playing drums along to “Happiness” is such a blast.

 

agreed

 

I can confirm as well. So much fun

 

Wintering has Drive Like I Do vibes

God this album rules

 

Wintering rules so hard

 

Love the line about his mom

WOMAN you are 64 years old


Go off Mathew

 

Hey. This album is really good. It’s really grown on me and clicked this last week. Also Matty really annoys me sometimes but he was great on that podcast episode. I wish they would have talked about every song on the album. I’m also glad they cut that one track because it definitely didn’t fit the vibe of the album.

 

Matty said in an interview it was one of the songs actually intended for the DLID record

 

Oh Caroline has been that song for me lately

 

At my favorite part with the record where I’m catching all the little things they do on the tracks, like the bit of organ they use on Part of the Band on the second verse

 

The clip from R&L performance was amazing. Did they play the whole thing on BBC? I want to see that shit

 

If anyone has an “I’m in Love with You” zine that they’re willing to part with, please hmu! It’s the only one I couldn’t get.