Tuesday, January 29, 2019

A watershed for The 1975

The 1975's third album sees them take a few chances, improve their writing, & broaden their appeal. The key song and vid, 'Love it if we made it', is a bit of a stunner:

'It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)' is as charming an addiction bop as Third Eye Blind ever managed, & really a reminder of The 1975's rare, Beatles-like ability to be 'sweet', to sing love songs and pseudo-love songs like they mean it, like they're still adolescents:

And album-closer, 'I Always Wanna Die Sometimes' is a pretty gorgeous essay in Mansun/Suede/Bends-iana:


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