The 1975
as potential leaders of the pack, with tips coming from the usual suspects.Amazon
In fact, after various name changes – eventually taking the 1975 from a book that singer Matthew Healy found in Majorca – and musical shifts, this Manchester foursome have settled on an unlikely blend of recent indie rock and 1980s white pop-funk. At least a third of their songs are ridiculously catchy, although it takes some getting over the shock of a sound that puts together Foals/Vampire Weekend-type jerkiness with the middle of the road pop-rock of Deacon Blue.g
Healy, who is forever either running a hand through or shaking his outgrown mohawk hairstyle, is a messianic type with a touch of the Johnny Borrells about him. He is playing a free gig in a packed bar, yet in his mind seems to be living out a stadium rock-type fantasy. "We put this on the internet and it's in the charts already. Crazy!" he exclaims, introducing the limply funky Chocolate, which is released in March. When a girl shouts "Get yer top off!", he heckles her back: "Imagine how misogynistic that would be if I said the same to you." It's a reasonable stance, though undermined by the following song's dedication to "girls who can't dance".
as potential leaders of the pack, with tips coming from the usual suspects.Amazon
In fact, after various name changes – eventually taking the 1975 from a book that singer Matthew Healy found in Majorca – and musical shifts, this Manchester foursome have settled on an unlikely blend of recent indie rock and 1980s white pop-funk. At least a third of their songs are ridiculously catchy, although it takes some getting over the shock of a sound that puts together Foals/Vampire Weekend-type jerkiness with the middle of the road pop-rock of Deacon Blue.g
Healy, who is forever either running a hand through or shaking his outgrown mohawk hairstyle, is a messianic type with a touch of the Johnny Borrells about him. He is playing a free gig in a packed bar, yet in his mind seems to be living out a stadium rock-type fantasy. "We put this on the internet and it's in the charts already. Crazy!" he exclaims, introducing the limply funky Chocolate, which is released in March. When a girl shouts "Get yer top off!", he heckles her back: "Imagine how misogynistic that would be if I said the same to you." It's a reasonable stance, though undermined by the following song's dedication to "girls who can't dance".
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