Spent the weekend with this thing and I think it's easily their most accessible album since S/T – and maybe their most accessible overall, in the sense that this is the album I would show people who have never listened to the band, or who have had trouble connecting with prior releases. Won't bother ranking anything because, tbh, their my favourite band and even their "bad" songs have things I love about them. Not '75 related but it's good to know other people have cooled on Hyden for a bit. Felt like him and Ian Cohen were the de-facto voices on rock and alternative music for a little while there. They both seem nice enough but Hyden in particular struck me as a weird banner-man. His perspective is pretty unoriginal. Human Too is Matty's best vocal performance here. The chorus is smoove. Not sure if it's intentional but it kinda sounds like he's doing an Elvis impression, which makes it that much funnier. Not specific to you, but more of a general observation that Matty's really developed a lyrical identity over the past few albums. He's always been able to turn a phrase but it's really wild to think this is the same guy who wrote Chocolate or Talk or Undo. "Motion City Soundtrack rocks my socks"
Very rough order beyond "Somebody Else" being the best: Somebody Else Nothing Revealed/Everything Denied I Like America & America Likes Me Love It If We Made It Antichrist Be My Mistake The Sound Me & You Together Song Sex (EP Version) TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME It's wild that the self-titled was my album of the year in 2013 and they've put out so many songs that are better than everything on that record.
Paris Love It If We Made It Happiness I’s Not Living Sincerity is Scary Nana Settle Down Frail State of Mind A Change of Heart Me & You Together Song
Top 15, no particular order, but "Somebody Else" is the best... Undo You Sex Settle Down UGH! If I Believe You Somebody Else This Must Be My Dream Sincerity Is Scary I Couldn't Be More In Love I Think There's Something You Should Know Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy) What Should I Say About You Shout out to "Mine" and "How to Draw". This band creates the best soundscapes, goddamn.
Frail State of Mind Sex fallingforyou Me Me & You Together Song A Change of Heart Robbers You Somebody Else Mine
This record is kinda gonna be a holiday season ripper, has just enough of that Christmas melancholy, especially on the back half.
Sincerity is Scary Frail State of Mind Love It If We Made It A Change of Heart The Sound How To Draw / Petrichor Paris Me & You Together Song Somebody Else I Like America & America Likes Me ...maybe? That top three, in that order, is pretty set in stone, but it gets kinda blurry after that. The new album is pretty darn good after a couple listens, imo, so I'm sure some of those tracks will eventually get in there.
it’s like the damn b side from “All I Need to Hear” to “When We Are Together” is the Christmas album of the year.
Top 10 1. Sex 2. UGH! 3. Love It If We Made It 4. Robbers 5. I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes) 6. Inside Your Mind 7. The 1975 (BFIAFL) 8. Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy) 9. You 10. The Sound
Came out a year after my grandmom passed away and ripped me apart. The bleeps that mimic a hospital machine at the end kill me
Paris Give Yourself a Try The Ballad of Me and My Brain Frail State of Mind Love it if we made it Menswear I Aways Wanna Die (sometimes) Happiness I Think There’s Something You Should Know Nana
my grandfather passed away earlier this year and while my grandmother is still alive her health is pretty poor and we know now with how my grandpa deteriorated rather quickly that nothing is guaranteed, shes been talking about just wanting to make it to the end of 2023 lately so i know her time is coming quick. ive always loved the song and considered it easy top 10 material just because of how well the entire thing is put together and performed and how touching it is, but now that i can personally relate to the subject matter its an entirely different beast.
Loving Someone Sex Please Be Naked About You Sincerity Me MAYTS Then Bc She Goes TMBMD Frail GYAT Settle Down You Haunt//Bed Bagsy fuck i could keep going
I like the call back to “kids don’t want rifles they want supreme” in I like America with the line “a supreme gentleman with a gun in his hand” in looking for somebody.
I don’t see that as a callback at all, especially considering what Matty has gone on record to say what Looking for Somebody to Love is about