They first broke this lyrical pattern on their last album, Notes On A Conditional Form (2020), where a speech by climate activist Greta Thunberg is layered over ambient piano.
MY ADDICTION SONG SKIN
With Healy’s recovery came a change in his musical expression, demonstrating tremendous growth not only as an artist but as a person.Įvery album from the band begins with a song titled “The 1975.” For the first three records, the lyrics remained the same: “Go down / Soft sound / Midnight / Car lights / Playing with the air / Breathing in your hair / Go down / Soft sound / Step into your skin / I’d rather jump in your bones / Taking up your mouth, so breathe through your nose.” What changes is the instrumentals, letting the listener know what sort of sound they were in for on this new record.
Frontman Matty Healy was struggling with a heroin addiction for much of those early years - this influenced many of the songs from their first few albums, tapping into a place of pain and vulnerability. It is important to note that while these songs sound similar to their debut, there will never be a full revival of that era. Instead, the band considers these themes through a critically self aware lens and creates profound sentiments on modernity. Although this sound is most reminiscent of their debut, The 1975 (2013), its lyrics refrain from inspiring the glamorization of drug use and toxic relationships.
Released this past Friday, October 14th, the prominent British pop-rock band’s fifth studio album is a return to form. Girls who were too young to fully participate in the 2014 Tumblr neo-grunge aesthetic finally have their chance with The 1975’s new record, Being Funny In A Foreign Language.
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