The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (November 30, 2018) Album • Page 414

I'm already getting worked up about it

 

I view the album as halves, with The Man Who Married a Robot acting as roughly the centerpiece (I don’t count “The 1975”, which makes the divide between halves a little less lopsided). On the first half, the instrumental flourishes are mainly electronic— most (maybe all?) of the percussion is programmed, a majority of the vocals on this half are manipulated or heavily effected, and in general I’d call this half way more modern. Then the second half features mostly organic instrumentation; acoustic drums, more stripped back arrangements, and the feeling is more... old school, for lack of better words. The Man Who Married a Robot is where it all converges, itself even split into half; when the Siri narration is happening, it’s set mostly to looping, noodling (not confident with my word choice here but I’m bad at words lol) keys and soft synth pads, and then gives way to a fluttering orchestra full of strings and brass instruments.

I hope I’m making sense here... I’m convinced at this point that this is intentional on the band’s part, but I can’t seem to express it as well as I’d like to. I think the concept of the relationship between humankind and machines/computers/the internet/etc is executed very well but it’s not exclusively expressed through the lyrics. It’s woven into the sequencing and the instrumentation, in the background of songs that seem maybe completely unrelated to the narrative, lyrically. It’s clever as hell.

 

nice good catch

 

Really like this, I couldn’t see how the lyrics really made sense as a cohesive theme, but this makes a lot of sense. Whether it’s correct or not I’m taking it hahah

 

Just like A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out

 

What’s this about? Never knew Fever had a concept

 

I like where you're going with this concept, though I don't really agree with it. For example, "Be My Mistake" is the most naked song on the album.

 

Not really a lyrical concept but the first half is more electronic and the second half is more theatric, with the interlude track being the transition point

 

Eh, the same kind of looping, “noodling” keys I pointed out in Man Who Married a Robot are present in Be My Mistake, there’s an entire soundscape going on beneath that song outside of the acoustic guitar and vocals.

 

collapse my veins wearing beautiful shoes...

 

This song kills me every time. I relate to every lyric and the way he sings each line is perfect. Fuck this album is great.

 

It’s becoming my top spot on the album

 

Honestly same. I don’t think it’s the best song necessarily but it’s probably my favorite.

 

at this point it’s changing every listen but current listen it’s def my fav

 

I want JMSN to open on a 1975 tour

 

god damn i know it will never happen

 

Yo I Like America live with an auto tuned choir in the background would be nuts

 

This is their best album.

 

The more I listen to this the more I'm hearing Fleetwood Mac influences, which is really cool.

 

he’s just straight up crooning on inside your mind

 

I hear it on I always wanna die’s acoustic guitar intro

 

BEST NEW MUSIC MOTHERFUCKERS

 

Wow

 

I like pitchfork now

 

Hell yeah

Such a riot of excess may cause the casual observer to think: Who the fuck do these guys think they are?! This is reasonable. But it is also misguided. Because the 1975 are a thrillingly unreasonable band for unreasonable times. Healy is their generational mouthpiece—a guy who’s never met a contradiction he couldn’t fully inhabit, to arresting effect.