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A brave statement to place in the middle of a pop album, it's Brian Eno meets Ennio Morricone and, in its own unexpected way, oddly beautiful. The first instrumental interlude is built around a slow-moving, simple piano line over crashing waves and percussion, giving off a tranquil, cinematic quality, instruments swelling and falling away but never overpowering the initial melody. I'm broken and bleeding and begging for help/And I'm asking you Jesus show yourself If I Believe YouĪ very modern, relatable take on the church, it's trumpet solos and sudden choir drop-outs somehow don't seem overblown, like a humble companion to Kanye's similarly-themed "Ultralight Beam". A D'Angelo style slow jam, similar in tone to their recent cover of Bieber's "Sorry", it lyrically tackles the idea of religion with a gospel backing as the song's protagonist reaches a crises point, desperate for some kind of answer. If the 17 tracks on offer can be split into sections then "If I Believe You" marks the end of phase 1 and a move into darker, experimental territory. Like an irony-free, 2016-update of "Never Gonna Give You Up". An analysis of the differences between the girls on the two sides of the Atlantic, the sheer euphoric, punch-the-air vibes make this energetic number a definite highlight. Already a huge hit on the live circuit, the guitar-heavy bop should be a guaranteed single. 5) She's AmericanĪ big, fun commercial pop song, pure and simple. The references to not being able to find love in "The City" nods to their earlier, perhaps more naive days as a group, now world-weary and wiser than that hit single implied, yet still exploring where they fit in.
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#Somebody else the 1975 album cover full#
You said I'm full of diseases/Your eyes were full of regret/And then you took a picture of your salad/And put it on the Internet.
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The first ballad of the record, the all-electronic orchestration adds in artificial choir vocals to create a sound akin to an old 8-bit Nintendo soundtrack as the lyrics spell out the breakdown of a relationship with painful and often hilarious accuracy. Cooing falsetto vocal flips and repetitive, bass-heavy backing send the listener into a trance-like state, evoking a drug comedown at 4am, before a stabbing synth-line ups your heart-rate and turns this mournful ode into an unlikely (and ironic) club tune. The constant juxtaposition of ideas that make The 1975 so interesting comes to a head here as Matty spins a tale of woe and cocaine addiction over a minimalist Prince-style dance beat you can't help but shake you a** too. Lyrically, the themes of shallow fame and worn out parties will be returned to a lot, Matty's celebrity clearly troubling and fascinating him in equal measure. Channelling late 80s-era Bowie and INXS, within the context of the whole album this seems like the only appropriate choice for the first single, perfectly bridging the gap between their debut's jangly guitar-led sound and the follow up's more ambitious tone, integrating new instrumental colours alongside a "Girls"-esque catchy chorus.