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The 1975

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2013 album from the Manchester-based Alt-Rock band. alternative rock band from Wilmslow in Cheshire. The group consists of Matthew Healy (vocals, guitar), Adam Hann (guitar), George Daniel (drums), and Ross MacDonald (bass). After Hann invited the members to form a band, they passed their early days covering Punk songs in a local club. Healy was originally the drummer, but took over vocals after the previous singer left to start another band. Their name was inspired by scribblings found in the back page of an old Beat poetry book dated “1 June, The 1975.” The release of their first EP, entitled Facedown, in August 2012 saw the band's first UK airplay on national radio with lead track “The City”, which featured as part of a BBC Introducing show with Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1. The 1975 once again garnered national radio attention in late 2012, with BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe championing their single “Sex.” They found mainstream chart success in spring 2013 with single “Chocolate”, which reached #19 in the UK singles chart.

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The 2013 self-titled debut album from the 1975 is a superb album that finds the Manchester outfit poised on the brink of stardom. When rock guitars meet dancefloor synths, '80s influences become hard to deny, but while the 1975 definitely have a retro vibe (hence the name), the alchemy of how they bring those influences to bear is totally contemporary. While many of the tracks here bring to mind such icons as Peter Gabriel, INXS, and U2, they also fit nicely next to artists of the same moment, like Passion Pit, Temper Trap, and M83. It helps that lead singer/songwriter Matthew Healy has a compelling tenor croon that can soar like Bono one minute and coo like Lionel Richie the next. There is also a sophistication to the band's songs, and an instinct to blur genre lines that makes it hard to box them into one, easy to define sound. In that sense, the band also recalls the way Fall Out Boy combined the rhythmic phrasing and melodies of contemporary R&B with their own brand of driving, guitar-based emo-rock. Much has been made of the 1975's avowed love of '80s John Hughes movies, and many of the cuts here, like the thrilling, lovesick “Settle Down” and the sparkling “Girls,” play with such great narrative momentum that they sound like songs culled from a Hughes soundtrack. Meanwhile, cuts like “The City,” “Chocolate,” and “Sex” drive and climb like the best anthemic '80s stadium rock, roiling a host of influences into a single distinct sound that, the moment it hits your ears, becomes timeless. Matt Collar – Allmusic.com

Track Listing:

Disc 1:
  1. The 1975
  2. The City
  3. M.O.N.E.Y.
  4. Chocolate
  5. Sex
  6. Talk!
  7. An Encounter
  8. Heart Out
  9. Settle Down
  10. Robbers
  11. Girls
  12. 12
  13. She Way Out
  14. Menswear
  15. Pressure
  16. Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You
Release date Australia
September 13th, 2013
Artist
Label
Interscope
Album Length (Minutes)
50:40
Number of Discs
1
Original Release Year
2013
Box Dimensions (mm)
140x120x10
UPC
0888837796620
Product ID
21640465

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