The 1975 have shared acoustic versions of “Be My Mistake” and “Paris.”
The 1975 Share Acoustic Tracks
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Phoebe Bridgers Covers The Cure
Phoebe Bridgers cover of The Cure’s “Friday I’m In Love” is up on Spotify.
Copeland Announce New Album
Pedro the Lion – “Model Homes”
Pedro the Lion has shared the new song “Model Homes.”
La Dispute Announce New Album
La Dispute will release their new album, Panorama, on March 22nd. Today the band have released “Rose Quartz” and “Fulton Street I” and pre-orders are now up.
The 1975 – “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)” Video
The 1975 have shared their new video for “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You).”
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Review: The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
As I sit here looking at a blank page, pondering about how I’m going to approach writing about The 1975’s gargantuan third album, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, I turn to my dear friend procrastination and flick open Twitter on my iPhone. After a few minutes of scrolling through an endless timeline, disgusted and amused simultaneously, I had the belated (and probably way too obvious) realization that A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships is an exploration of our codependency of the things – whether it’s drugs, sex, the internet – we use to temporarily numb the sting of loneliness.
Much has been written about The 1975’s leader Matty Healy decision to spend six weeks in a rehab facility in Barbados to fight his addiction to heroin – a stint that helped Healy reflect not only on his life, but the lives he was affecting. His decision to get clean came shortly after the band started writing A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, so unsurprising a lot of the lyrical content is derived from the recovering addict’s time spent in therapy.
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Review: William Ryan Key – Virtue
On William Ryan Key’s second solo EP, Virtue, he continues to stretch out his sound and repertoire with one of the better singer-songwriter works of art to date. While Thirteen was primarily based around the acoustic guitar, Key uses a fair amount of piano, electric guitar, and percussion on this recording to fill out the expansive sound that he was likely going for.
“The Same Destination” cuts through the opening bars of faint strings with carefully struck piano chords that help set the table for another brilliant showing from the former Yellowcard front-man. The wall of sound that opens this track features some more electric guitar elements that were missing on his previous EP and serves as a nice opening for the record. “Mortar and Stone” follows the tender opening with some intricately played acoustic guitar and layered vocals from Key. Key’s confidence broods throughout this EP that he self-described on his website as an “exploration of a new sound” and “evolution.” I concur with his line of thinking, as William Ryan Key has delivered another collection of songs worthy of his underrated legacy.
The 1975 Are Everywhere
Instead of posting each individually, here’s a roundup of The 1975 content from around the internet today. Some interviews, some reviews. This should keep you busy through the weekend.
Counter-culture will always exist. If loads of teenagers see grown-ups screaming into the internet then they’re probably going to go, ‘I’m not going to do that, because that’s for grown-ups.’ That’s kind of how cultural movements work. There’s a reason that every single teenager has a Polaroid camera now, and we sell vinyl at a rate that hasn’t been as big since the 80s. There’s this reversion to tactility and authenticity, and it’s a counter-cultural movement that’s really interesting.
“Is this record better than the first record?” Matty asks himself, thinking out loud. “It depends. It depends what your gauge is. My intention was always to soundtrack the lives of young people, or myself and by proxy the lives of young people. So, if your barometer of success or quality is how much it’s done that, then the first album is better. The first album is more nostalgic and wrapped up in peoples adolescence and journey, so it is kinda silly of me to sit here and boringly say ‘this is our best record’ because it’s a bit of a cop-out. It’s just an easy answer to sound confident.”
AFI – “Trash Bat”
MxPx – “December”
MxPx have released their new holiday song, “December.” It features guest vocals from Emily Whitehurst and Simple Plan’s Pierre Bouvier.
Albums in Stores – Nov. 30th, 2018
Hmm, an album by a band called The 1975 comes out today. It seems to be getting almost universal praise, even from the publications that were once too cool for the band. And the praise is completely deserved. This is one of those albums you’re going to remember for years. Groundshakingly good while being an almost uncanny reflection of the time we live in. I welcome everyone to the fan club; there’s room for all.
William Ryan Key’s new EP is also out today, which also gets my full recommendation. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.
The 1975 – “102” Acoustic
Phoebe Bridgers – “Christmas Song”
Phoebe Bridgers has dropped a cover of “Christmas Song.”
Pale Waves Cover Taylor Swift
Pale Waves have covered Taylor Swift’s “22” for Spotify.