The 1975 - Being Funny in a Foreign Language (Oct 14, 2022) Album • Page 101

Camping in Vermont, listening tonight when I go to sleep then hiking through the foliage with it in the morning, intro starts this off so strong, instant classic song

 

I have always said that they fit right alongside Bon Iver and everything JV does. It helps they have BJ Burton working alongside them and other Dirty Hit artists but it’s undeniable that JV is an influence on them.

 

The one thing that’s been sticking in my head as I listen to this deliciously lush 80s-esque album…


“A millennial that baby-boomers like”

 

This isn’t on Newbury Comics’ website. That most likely means I shouldn’t bother going there to see if they have it, right? Where else would have it? I haven’t bought a record in-store in a long time.

 

Wanna Hear It in Watertown posted it today, not sure how close you are to that !

 

I’m close to Watertown when I’m at work, but I live in Salem and I was hoping to be able to make a quick trip somewhere to buy it tomorrow. Maybe I’ll give Newbury a try anyway. (There’s a local store here that I really like but they don’t strike me as the type to stock The 1975.)

 

If you've got a Bull Moose near you they're the best record store I know right now. Several of them closed in 2020 though so I don't know if there's any south of the NH state line anymore

 

First stop on any Portsmouth trip

 

from the first time i heard it and even moreso now the bridge / outro section of “part of the band” blows me away

some of matty’s finest writing ever

 

Now I want them to take Lydia Loveless on tour so I can hear two Verlaine/Rimbaud songs in the same evening

 

lot of great piano on this album but the moment that gives me the biggest full body grin on maybe the entire album is when the staccato chords come in on "wintering"

 

Think my favorite piano moment may be the quick staccato line after “..if you’re insincere” in All I Need To Hear

 

great moment

 

Just swung by my local shop and grabbed the white indie retail vinyl. It seemed weirdly inexpensive, and when I picked it up from the shelf something felt off - then I realized it’s because this is the first LP they’ve made that fit onto one disc!

 

I always enjoyed POTB but wasn't wild on it

It's so at home here and I love it a lot more listening to the album. Also Wintering, About You, Looking For Somebody... all phenomenal. Really happy they went this direction, and I can't wait for the weather to get colder

 

Part of the Band is still my least favourite and it kinda feels like an awkward place for it in the tracklist too. Other than that though the first half of this is so good, feels like a further perfection of that definitive 1975 sound.

 

i think my favourite part of this album is the "studio chatter" that seeps into the tracks.

"george do the hihats now" on all i need to hear, the distorted interview chat in happiness, the whole beginning of wintering.

that's this album's twinkly piano ambience for sure.

 

This is incredible. 2 full listens and already giving Brief Inquiry a run for my favorite from them.

 

This. Also, I’m in the minority of people who aren’t enamored by the opener and I wish there was one more uptempo song in the final third.

 

Really loving how warm this album sounds. I do still really like NOACF but this feels almost opposite in approach at times (NOACF is kind of cold to me, with its electronic influence and some of the soft songs, long and meandering, etc). I’m glad to have both, but this is a super easy listen. ‘Human Too’ the only song that hasn’t done much for me yet

 

Warren Ellis did the strings on About You. Give me more Bad Seeds collaborations!

 

very easily my least favorite on here, but everything else is at least pretty good. really not vibing with most of the lyrics on here. in every other regard i think this will probably end up my favorite record of theirs, though. they do much better in short form like this imo

 

I could see someone not as into the opener but the lyrics are some of Matty’s best

 

ive never been particularly taken by his songwriting but i feel like a lot of this record dives into his worst impulses