If the opening lyric вЂњweвЂ™re fucking in a car, shooting heroin, saying controversial things just for the hell of it,вЂќ doesnвЂ™t make you sit up and listen from the get go, the the sheer sonic powerhouse that this song transforms into sure will. It pushes and pulls you but ultimately immerses you into the dynamic production from Matty and George. ItвЂ™s a transcendent and ethereal mixture of noises almost reminiscent of a childвЂ™s soothing nursery toy before a sonic metamorphosis exaggerates the fuzzy electronics the band have already experimented with alongside some spiky ska and garage inflects thrown in for good measure. Just shy of six minutes, delicate embers of sound inform the first half.

If you listen carefully you can hear it inhaling and exhaling. It really feels like вЂHow To Draw/PetrichorвЂ™ has a life of itвЂ™s own. The collaboration with their Dirty Hit label mate channels the opaque buoyancy at the forefront of GomezвЂ™s current discography and reinforces that same creative thread that loosely stitches all of the labelвЂ™s artists together. The track was co-written with Guendoline Rome Viray Gomez, perhaps better known to you and I as No Rome. Laid out upon an almost tropical soundscape, lines like, вЂњShe said that I, I should have liked it, I told her вЂI only use it sometimesвЂ™вЂќ seemingly refer to an Instagram generation, where friendships are determined by whoвЂ™s liked your latest pre-night out mirror selfie rather than anything substantial or tangible IRL. In the lyrics it references everything from their fans (вЂњJane took her own life at 16, she was a kid who had the box tattooed on her armвЂќ) to the knock on effects of fame (вЂњyouвЂ™ll make a lot of money, and it's funny 'cause you'll move somewhere sunny and get addicted to drugsвЂќ), and itвЂ™s the band at their colloquial best. It was, predictably, met with mass hysteria from fans and unknowingly was the first hint of this glitchy, electronic sound that has come to fruition on a fair few tracks on this record. вЂGive Yourself A TryвЂ™Д«ack in May this was the first taste of anything new from quartet since the release of their Sade cover вЂBy Your SideвЂ™ in early 2017. Smooth flowing pianos sit underneath MattyвЂ™s auto-tuned vocals which glide straight into вЂGive Yourself A TryвЂ™. Flaunting a different sonic guise each time, the third reimagining of this track is an apt introduction to the sound strands that weave together to make ABIIOR. вЂThe 1975вЂ™Д®very The 1975 album starts with a song called вЂThe 1975вЂ™.

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The sonic journey is heightened by the slick production from Matty and drummer George Daniel and evidenced from gritty, borderline jarring, Aphex Twin-esque electronics with warped vocals (вЂHow To Draw/PetrichorвЂ™) through to sultry jazz inflected grippers (вЂSincerity Is ScaryвЂ™ and вЂMineвЂ™) before ending on a cinematic crescendo (вЂI Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)вЂ™). There are significantly less stand alone instrumentals on A Brief InquiryвЂ¦ letting the prolific lyrics often take centre stage, with tales of singer Matty HealyвЂ™s darkest moments documented alongside references to some of the current worldвЂ™s darkest moments too. This past week, as the release of their third album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships inches ever closer, publications seem to be dishing out 5 star reviews like theyвЂ™re going out of fashion. By the end of their self-titled debut album campaign though they had managed to expand both their fanbase and amount of critical acclaim to exponential levels, just in time for the release of sophomore record I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it. Touring under many different guises for a number of years, when they finally started to gather a healthy amount of recognition from a growing cult fanbase, the music press started to take notice, only to turn their nose up at the Manchester four-piece. Few bands have had the same tumultuous ascent to superstardom asВ The 1975.

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