![]() ![]() You just want to jam out with him, and open yourself up to letting go of any fears of looking silly. It possesses the cheeky and ever cynical outlook that the band has always articulated through their music, as they groove through their way into new territory in a spectacular fashion. He sways back and forth, whipping his tousled mop of curls with a flair and finesse that triggers a magical hypnosis over the audience. ![]() Seeing Healy dance to the tune itself completely changes the perspective. That instantly catchy guitar solo is enough to pull even the most shy listener out onto the dance floor. But after a few more rounds, it became pleasantly addictive. I couldn’t seem to stomach the fuzzy, David Bowie-esque funkiness. I found it so drastically different from the last album it did not sit well. “Love Me” could have been something straight out of Back to the Future. At first listen, I did not enjoy the track. It’s as if the band is saying goodbye to their “too cool” vibe and embracing the future. The words midnight and car light, echo over the track, magnetizing the listener and entrancing them into an ambient state of calm. The introductory track is an instrumental awakening that sounds like M83. The record cycles through themes of elation, insanity, despair, and cocaine-fueled psychosis, with each track bursting out of the minds of a band who has put everything out on the table. Healy, Hann, Macdonald and Daniel have lived up to their artistic ambitions to make songs that mean something, in terms of society, art, love and life. There is something for everyone, from electro ballads to gospel pop, making for a fulfilling end result: an album that is fervent and impulsive, yet controlled. But the ability for the oddities to blend is a musical symbiosis that gives the record its strength. The record is bold, brash and is a weird mishmash of sounds that absolutely shouldn’t work together. This then builds into a whirlwind of quirky 80’s disco-infused, glittering funky pop with a splash of synth-y indie rock. The 1975 have navigated into new territory with their second album, and left listeners in an ambient, colorful transcendence. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It sounds like the title of a poetry book, and in a way, it is. But with each carefully crafted song one can easily tell that their “image” could not be further from the truth. They have artfully perfected the “cooler than you” vibe which can be attributed in part, to their well-known clean cut aesthetic. It’s this kind of wild reaction from fans that put the pressure on the band to live up to the success of their first album as they worked on their follow-up, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It ( via Dirty Hit / Interscope).The 1975 gives off the rockstar cliché of not caring if people enjoy their music, or about their fame. I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it – The 1975 ![]() Matty Healy, Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald, and George Daniel’s fill-in Dave Elitch (due to a broken shoulder) swagger out into the open, decked out in black skinny jeans and ripped clothing ready to amp up the audience with songs from their second album. There is a stage blazing with neon pink lights as teenage girls anxiously hold their breath, waiting. A scream pierces the air, and everyone explodes as they see The 1975, also known as the indie band that catapulted its way into the spotlight with two number one albums. A large crowd waits anxiously and the tension and excitement pulsates through the night air. ![]()
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