The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form (May 22, 2020) Album • Page 295

i love Roadkill

 

To me it's like the 1-2 punch of Greta's speech and People is almost like a warm-up to the album itself. They are two things the rest of the album is very much not (political/crunchy guitar-fueled), and I think the band wanted them at the front to be a mini rallying cry EP of sorts before the actual album. Then The End comes in almost as a reset button to transition into the "real" album — I think there's a reason this track was given the "(Music for Cars)" label — with "Streaming" simply being an extended intro to "The Birthday Party." Then the rest of the album is fairly cohesive.

 

Came here to say something like this, there is so much going on throughout this album, all I can say is some of it is undeniably catchy but otherwise I have no clue what to think other than there being some extremely unnecessary interludes and stuff that feels like it doesn't make the album more cohesive or tie anything together but I acknowledge there is so much variance I could be wrong after it fully sinks in

 

The S/T has some stinkers on it. MONEY is bad

 

a very astute observation, totally agree

 

MONEY is ace, been a while since I've heard that one.

 

"money" is so fuckin good

first time i heard it on the promo stream for the s/t was the moment i knew this band was my favorite ever

 

"money" is also maybe the only 1975 track that could be on any of their albums, ok fine "menswear" too

 

Oh boy then you probably aren't going to like me saying that Talk! is also not good!

 

ugh I love talk

 

that's actually a really popular (and wrong) opinion

 

my man

 

MONEY is great and Talk! is great and so is every other song on that album.

 

I love ugh

 

I'll give you Talk.

 

I love 98% of this bands discography

 

Relistening to this reminds me why I never really could buy into the hype for this band fully. Was so confused that they were being treated as the second coming off of this tape. It really wasn't until A Brief Inquiry... that it "clicked". There are absolutely some songs I overlooked on the S/T. Heart Out is dope. Settle Down still rules. The EP singles are all good.

 

the production on Yeah I Know. that's all

 

Talk was my least fav 1975 song until Shiny Collarbone.

 

sneakily one of their catchiest songs:

'I think you're trying too hard with your lungs in tar
And your kitchen full of pop stars'
And I've been thinking lots about your mouth
A conversation superseded by the way he talks
I'd be an anchor but I'm scared you'd drown
It's safer on the ground

 

the lyrics! the groove! undeniable

 

I still like the debut a decent amount but there’s a HUGE gap for me between that album and their others

 

For me it's hard to top I like it when you sleep. It's always been easy for me to pick favorites off a first listen. First time I listened to Halsey's new album I knew it was my favorite even after seeing her live multiple times and listening to all of her material. Been following The 1975 since the EPs and flew across the world to see them in London. They're a top 3 band for me. This did not hit me like the past 3 albums on first listen.

 

Honestly, if it wasn't for Mike Crossey's production, that album would be much further behind. Its currently just slightly behind the others right now.

 

SOrry for not wanting to dig through the last 20 pages, but Im not loving how they changed "If youre too shy" from the video/single. the production is way different. I thought the original production was incredible. this just feels a little too busy TBH